Author: Bhatia, B. L.
Title: The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Protozoa: Ciliophora.
Description: London, Taylor & Francis, 1936. Large 8vo (22.5 x 15.2 cm). xxii, 493 pp., 214 text figures, 11 plates with explanatory text leaves, and large quadruple-folded coloured map. Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt lines and title on spine. = The rare original, complete. Contains the very detailed descriptions and illustrations of many new and little known species. Uncut. Pictorial bookplate of the influential American protozoa specialist Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947) on the front pastedown. Kofoid was "...known for his collection and classification of many new species of marine protozoans which established marine biology on a systematic basis." (Wikipedia). Typed paper strip "With the authors compliments.' pasted in the title page top margin, otherwise clean. A very good copy.

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