Lot 1403 Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Monographie des poissons …

Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux grès rouge ou système dévonien (old red sandstone) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie. 2 Bde. Text- u. Atlasband. Mit 1 lithogr. Titel (im Tafelband) u. 42 (von 43?, ohne Taf. 27) meist handkol. oder getönten lithogr. (2 gefalt.) Tafeln von Bachfeld, Diekmann u.a. nach Dinkel, Jäger u. Sonrel. Neuchâtel, Jent et Gassmann, 1844-1845. 4°. u. Quer-Fol. Marmor. HLdr. mit goldgepr. RTitel. (etwas beschabt, Rückengelenk etwas eingerissen.

Zoologie - Ichthyologie

Naturwissenschaften – Erste Ausgabe. - Nissen ZBI, 42 (nennt auch 42 Taf.). - Wood, S. 181. - Woodward/ Sherborn, A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata, S. XXIXf. - Wichtiges Werk Agassiz' mit detaillierten Beschreibungen fossiler Fische aus verschiedenen Epochen, ein Wegbereiter für die Paläontologie der Fische. Die Tafeln mit starker Betonung der Morphologie und Taxonomie. - Leicht gebräunt, teils etwas fleckig, 1 Tafel mit hinterlegter Randfehlstelle.

Natural Sciences – First edition. With 1 lithographic title and 42 (of 43?) predominantly handcol. or tinted lithographic (2 fold.) plates. Cont. half leather with gold-stamped title. (Slightly scuffed, spine joint slightly torn.) Separately published, although recommended as supplement to Agassiz' famous "Recherches sur les poissons fossiles" (BM (NH) I, p. 17-18, also calling for 42 plates). - Minor browning, partially somewhat fingerstained.

Startprice: 1800 €
Estimate: 2400 €

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