FIRST EDITION COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. VERY SCARCE. BIOGRAPHIES OF LEADING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS WITH PORTRAITS. QUARTO IN MAROON CLOTH WITH ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD BEVELLED BOARDS ALL EDGES GILT SLIGHT FOXING TO PRELIMS. THEN VERY CLEAN. FRONT HINGE OF VOLUME 1 TENDER BUT A VERY NICE SET.
VERY GOOD COPY.IN RED HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED FRONT AND END PAPERS. GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON SPINE. SOME RUBBING ON CORNERS OF FRONT AND BACK COVERS. ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR. IN FRENCH.
NEW 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
