Author: Bistram, [H.] A. [C. F.] Freiherr von
Title: Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Fauna des unteren Lias in der Val Solta.
Description: Freiburg, C. A. Wagner, 1903. 8vo (22.1 x 14.6 cm). Title page; 93 pp. Eight lithographed plates. No wrappers. = A very rare but important contribution to the marine fauna, in particular Mollusca, of the Liassic of the Alps region around Como (Italy). It includes illustrations of well-preserved shells, as well as descriptions of new and poorly known species. It is the author's thesis, but also Geologisch-Palaeontologische Studien in den Comasker Alpen I. Full name of the author is Hartwig Alexander Cyprian Fromhold von Bistram (1859-1905). He was from Waddax im Kurland (now Vadakste, Latvia), and he was murdered in a church in nearby Sesava, during a rebellion. Label of the Berlin publisher and bookshop R. Friedländer in the left top margin of the title page, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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