Lot 1358 E. Ray Lankester. On Okapia, a new Genus of …

On Okapia, a new Genus of Giraffidae, from Central Africa. Mit 3 Tafeln, davon eine koloriert. London, 1902. 279-314 S. 4°. Ohne Einband.

Zoologie - Afrika

Naturwissenschaften – Aus: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Bd. XVI. Teil VI.1. (s. Nissen ZBI, 4788.) - Wichtige erste Abhandlung von Sir Edwin Ray Lankester zu dem damals erstmals erforschten Okapi. Er erhielt das Fell und zwei Schädel, welche Henry Hamilton Johnston während einer Forschungsreise übergeben wurden. Dieser hatte bereits ausgeschlossen, dass es sich bei den Überresten nicht um ein pferdeähnliches Tier sondern um ein neue Gattung handelte. Lankester führte nach einer gründlichen Untersuchung dann die neue Gatting der Okapia ein. - Zusammengebundener Bogen Blätter, wohlmöglich aus Broschur entfernt. Leicht griffspurig. Ränder gebräunt und teils stockfleckig. Partiell wasserfleckig. Insgesamt gut erhalten mit prachtvollen Tafeln.

Natural Sciences – Zoology. - With 3 plates, one of which is colored. Without binding. - From: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. XVI. Part VI.1. (see Nissen ZBI, 4788.) - Important first treatise by Sir Edwin Ray Lankester on the okapi, which was studied for the first time at that time. He received the skin and two skulls, which were handed over to Henry Hamilton Johnston during a research trip. The latter had already ruled out the possibility that the remains were not a horse-like animal but a new species. After a thorough investigation, Lankester then introduced the new genus of okapia. - Bound sheet of leaves, probably removed from brochure. Slight handling marks. Margins browned and partly foxed. Partially waterstained. Overall well preserved with splendid plates.

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