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Mammals of Amazonia Volume I General Introduction and Primates with Forty-two Color Plates By the Author
by De La Cruz Lima, Eladio
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Rio De Janeiro, 1945 272 pp with 42 color plates on thick stock. Exceptional illustrations of primates by author Eladio da Cruz Lima, Brazilian painter, writer and archeologist (1900 -1943) Authored Mamíferos da Amazônia - Introdução Geral e Primatas (Mammals of Amazonia) in 1945 that gave him international recognition. This book displays a new primate subspecies known as Saguinus fuscicollis cruzlimai. Authored other works as Arte pré-histórica na Amazônia (Pre-historic art in Amazon) and A cerâmica no Estado do Pará (Ceramics in Pará State) He was honored in 1937 by having a new subspecies, Eladinea Miranda-Ribeiro (Amphibia) named for him..Text is clean, tight, unmarked save for previous owner's (James M. Dolan, Jr., Director of Collections, San Diego Zoo).blind stamp on title page. Book has a current rebinding in green glazed cloth with gold-stamped titles along spine. Binding is immaculate. Heavy book,, please contact seller for overseas shipping costs.. Edition of 975 Copies in English. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Thick Folio 12" - 15".
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700975
- Title
- Mammals of Amazonia Volume I General Introduction and Primates with Forty-two Color Plates By the Author
- Author
- De La Cruz Lima, Eladio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Edition of 975 Copies in English
- Place of Publication
- Rio De Janeiro
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- Central and South America; Natural History - Mammalia;
- Size
- Thick Folio 12" - 15"
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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