Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Image size: 21 x 14

Image size: 21 x 14 inches

no other library marks

Contemporary half morocco with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decorations on spine

an exceptionally bright and clean copy in near fine condition

using varnish to protect the pale areas from acid while the darker areas are further etched

Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Image size: 21 x 14Pp. 53, 10 full page engraved plates (9 are partially colored). Publishers printed pale green front wrapper mounted on later white wrappers, in custom made folding black cloth box, gilt lettered on the spine, folio. Presents the fossil crustaceans of the Cretaceous of Bohemia now known as the Czech Republic. A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and crabs. Small circular stamp of the Smithsonian Institution on the front wrapper and on the title