Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel. Volumes 1-6 [AND] 12-21.
by Meyer, H. A., K. Möbius, G. Karsten and V. Hensen (eds.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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About This Item
Berlin, Wiegand & Hempel [later Paul Parey], 1873-1893. 16 volumes in five. Folio (35.7 x 25.0 cm). Title pages, numerous text pages, plates (some in chromolithography) and maps (some larger, folded). Uniform half calf over pebbled boards. Spines with four raised bands with gilt chains, two morocco labels with gilt title and volume year; publication years at spine foot. = A rare, sumptuously bound set of the most important series on marine science of the seas of Germany. With contributions by the leading marine biologists of Germany, including Meyer, Möbius, and Haeckel. Much is on plankton, but there ara also papers on benthonic animals, chiefly Radiolaria, fish, Mollusca, etc. It includes the rare start, up to volume 6, and a continuation (volumes 12-21). The five bound volumes are as follows. 1: volume 1, 1871 (published 1873); 2: volumes. 2-3, 1872-1873 (1875); 3: vols. 4-6, 1874-1876 (published 1878); 4: vols. 12-16, 1882-1886 (1887); 5: vols. 17-21. 1887-1891 (1893). Some minimal rubbing to board extremities. Library stamps on front free endpaper recto, and title pages. Otherwise very good, clean and free of foxing. An attractive set.
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- Antiquariaat Schierenberg
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68745
- Title
- Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel. Volumes 1-6 [AND] 12-21.
- Author
- Meyer, H. A., K. Möbius, G. Karsten and V. Hensen (eds.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Antiquariaat Schierenberg
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Amsterdam
About Antiquariaat Schierenberg
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Recto
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
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- Pebbled
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