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Title: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 15. 1863. [Complete].
Description: Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1863. Seven issues in seven. 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm). iii, 391 pp.; three lithographed plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. = The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include Cope (on American Batrachia), Haldeman, Tryon (much on molluscs, two plates), Gill (ichthyology, many papers, malacology), Isaac Lea, John Cassin (new birds), William Stimpson, and F. W. Lewis on diatoms with one plate. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A very good, complete volume. Rare.

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