FIRST EDITION. FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. – FOLIO. IN THIS FIRST WORLDWIDE SURVEY OF CORMORANTS DARTERS AND PELICANS PAUL A. JOHNSGARD PROVIDES A COLOUR ILLUSTRATION OF NEARLY EVERY SPECIES AND A VARIETY OF ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS AND HE SUMMARIZES THE SPECIES` STATUS AND BIOLOGY INCLUDING ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR DICTRIBUTION PLUMAGE AND MORPHOLOGY. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK FOCUSES ON COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY INCLUDING ALL 32 SPECIES OF CORMORANTS AND SHAGS. (PHALACROCORACIDAE) TWO SPECIES OF DARTERS (ANHINGIDAE) AND SEVEN SPECIES OF PELICANS (PELECANIDAE). THE ACCOUNTS COVER SPECIES` PHYLOGENYTAXONOMY ZOOGEOGRAPHY COMPARATIVE ANATOMY BEHAVIOUR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY POPULATION AND BREEDING DYNAMICS AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.
Author:
JOHNSGARD PAUL A.
ISBN:
1560982160
Place, Publisher, Date:
1993 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE PRESS, WASHINGTON AND LONDON
FIRST EDITION FOLIO NEAR FINE IN GREEN BOARDS. GERMAN TEXT. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. 207 PAGES AND 66 PLATES. HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST. THE WORK OF THE ENGINEER MARIANO TACCOLA.
FOLIO ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BOARDS WITH LATER SPINE (WITH A NOTE SAYING THE BOOK WAS REPAIRED IN 1992). NO TITLE PAGE BUT PENCILLED NOTE REFERS TO 1602. LABEL ON SPINE SAYS VOLUME 2. DOUBLE COLUMNS PER PAGE. THE BOOK INCLUDES THE CODE AND THE NOVELS. CONTENTS – (1) CODICIS D JUSTINIANI SACRATISSIMI PRINCIPIS PP.A. REPETITAE PRAELECTIONIS CONSTITUTIONUM IMPERIALUM (x 372pp) IN 12 BOOKS. (2) AUTHENTICAE SEU NOVELLAE CONSTITUTIONES DN. JUSTINIANI SACRATISS. PRINCIPIS: QUIBUS LEONIS ET ALIORUM IMPERATORUM QUORUNDAM ADDDITAE. DIONYSII GOTHOFREDI.(x. 300PP.). TEXT IN LATIN AND GREEK. (3). CONSUETUDINES FEUDORUM. (92pp.) PLUS INDICES. CONTENTS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN BINDING TIGHT. WITH TWO ARMORIAL BOOKPLATESTO THE FRONTPASTEDOWN – ROBERT HENRY LEE WARNER AND F.W. BRYDGES ESQ. (THEY WERE CONNECTED BY MARRIAGE). THE BOOK WEIGHS 3.3 Kg.
TEXT IN FRENCH. 460 PAGES COMPLETE WITH MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. BOUND IN DARK GREEN HALF LEATHER MARBLED BOARDS WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE. A NICE TIGHT COPY. AMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON INSIDE OF FRONT BOARD.
THE FIRST THOMSON EDITION. FINELY BOUND IN FULL GREEN LEATHER T.E.G. INNER DENTELLES. PREFACE BY ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON. NAME AND DATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER IN INK ON FEP. SLIGHT SCUFFING OF THE LEATHER BUT A VERY NICE COPY.
