Author: Eschricht, D.
Title: Om Gangesdelphinen. Tillaegs-Afhandling till Sammes undersögelser over Hvaldyrene.
Description: Kjöbenhavn, Det Kongelige Danske videnskaberes Selskab, 1851. 4to (26.5 x 21.0 cm). 44 pp.. Three nicely lithographed double-sized plates showing these wonderful dolphins. Contemporary boards with printed title vignette on spine. = With fine, clean engravings of this mysterious and near-extinct dolphin. We offer here the complete Volume 2 of the society's Skrifter with a total of 385 pp., 12 plates and one map. Uncut, with several other contributions in natural history, e.g., by Schiödte on Underjordiske fauna with four fine engravings of cave-dwelling arthropods, including spiders and insects, and Liebmann on mexican grass with a fine etching. An excellent, clean copy. Very uncommon.

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