Author: Deperet, Ch. and Roman, F.
Title: Le Felsinotherium serresi des sables Pliocenes de Montpellier et les Rameaux Phyletiques des Sireniens Fossiles (Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, Volume 12)
Description: Lyon: Henri Georg, 1920. First edition. Pp. (2), 1-56 + 7 full page photogravure black-and-white plates each with a tissue guard and a descriptive leaf of text, one plate is a double-page fold-out, 14 text-figures (black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings). Publisher's original printed and decorated tan wrappers that are lettered in black, folio (14.75 x 11.25 inches; 375 x 285 mm). Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, volume 12, pp. 1-57. This work describes a new genus and species of a fossil sirenian, Felsinotherium serresi, from the Pliocene sands of Montpellier, France. It also discusses the phyletic affinities of other known fossil sirenians. No ownership marks. Most pages are uncut and unopened. Rare work seldom offered. Light wear to the wrappers along the spine, small water mark along the spine that has no effect on the text; a tight copy in very good condition..

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