Author: Simpson, George Gaylord
Title: Principles of Animal Taxonomy
Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. Third printing. Pp. xii, 247; 30 text-figures (mostly line-drawings and phylogenies). Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. This volume provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of animal taxonomy. It is the only volume in English on the principles underlying the classification of animals, and the only modern treatment of the subject in any language. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the page edges, front endpaper, and page 86. A near fine copy..

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