A major monograph with amazing illustrations
Herklots, J. A.
Echinodermes, peintes d'après nature par les soins de Kuhl, van Hasselt et Sal. Müller, membres de la Commission pour l'exploration physique des possessions d'outre-mer des Pays-Bas, publiées d'après les cartons du Musée Royal d'Histoire naturelle à Leide.
Published
1869
Item ID
73576
€350.00
Amsterdam, Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, 1869. Large 4to (36.0 x 27.5 cm). 12 pp.; ten lithographed plates, of which five with additional hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers.
A well-illustrated paper by the Dutch zoologist Jan [Janus] Adrianus Herklots (1820-1872). Several plates are printed in sepia. Published in volume 9 of the society's Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. The oversized wrappers a bit frayed at edges; the text leaves and plates fine, except for some minor spotting. An excellent copy. Cat. BM(NH), p. 830. Not in Nissen.