The Whalebone Whales of New England color pictorial black dust jacket

color pictorial black dust jacket lettered in white on the spine and front panel

It was translated from the original German entitled "Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in einem ausfuhrlichen Auszuge" published in 1778

frontis photo of the author

it had a print run of 800 copies

flying squirrels (Pteromys) (2)

The Whalebone Whales of New England color pictorial black dust jacketPp. 1, 107 322, 7 full page halftone plates, additional photographic plates and line drawings, 3 text figures. Later pale green blank wrappers, 4to. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 8, no. 2. This monograph documents six living species of whales from the North Atlantic Ocean all of which range throughout New England waters. No ownership marks. Publisher Boston Society of Natural History Publisher Place Boston Date Published