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The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author)
by Rookmaaker, L. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema, 1989. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xii , 368; 16 full page color plates, 165 black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book gives details on four collections of more than 300 bird and mammal drawings made by the following explorers: The Forsters, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Carl Peter Thunberg, William Paterson and Francois Levaillant. Warmly inscribed by the author, L. C. Rookmaaker, to Frank Bradlow, dated September 3, 1997.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9748
- Title
- The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author)
- Author
- Rookmaaker, L. C
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema, 1989. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography;
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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