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Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 10:00 am

Lot 1029 Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolskii. Presmykaiushchisi i …

Presmykaiushchisi i zemnovodnyia Kavkaza (Herpetologia cucasia). Isdanie kavkaskago musejy. Mit 3 lithographischen Tafeln, davon eine Chromolithographie. Tbilisi, Tipografiia kantseliarii Namiestrika E. I. V. na Kavkazie, 1913. 1 Bl., 272 S. 8°. HLwd. unter Verwendung der Originalborschur (stark berieben und bestoßen, fleckig).

Zoologie - Herpetologie

Naturwissenschaften – Sehr selten. - Adler I, pp. 68-69. - Nicht in Nissen. - Wichtiger Beitrag zur Herpetelogie des Kaukasus Gebirges, welches die Grenze zwischen den beiden Kontinentem Europa und Asien bildet. Der russische Herpeteloge Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsii (1858-1942) war um die Jahrhundertwende einer der führenden Forscher der russischen Herpetelogie und war u.a. besonders an Zoogeographie interessiert. - Ränder stärker gebräunt. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten.

Natural Sciences – Herpetology. - With 3 lithographic plates, one of which is a chromolithograph. Half linen with mounted original paper cover (heavily rubbed and bumped, stained). - Very rare. - Adler I, pp. 68-69. - Not in Nissen. - An important contribution to the herpetology of the Caucasus Mountains, which form the border between the two continents of Europe and Asia. The Russian herpetologist Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsii (1858-1942) was one of the leading researchers in Russian herpetology around the turn of the century and was particularly interested in zoogeography, among other things. - Edges heavily browned. Overall very well preserved.

Startprice: 400 €
Estimate: 600 €

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