Halle, 1889. 4to. Uncut without wrappers. ""Nova Acta Leopoldina"" Bd. 54, Nr. 1. - Pp. 1-91 a. 4 lithographed plates, partly in colour. Clean and fine.
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1889 / 1891 Two papers in one. 325 [91, 224] p., 11 [4, 7] mostly chromolithographed plates, 3 chromolithographed maps, roy. 4to, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher.Two major, thorough, zoological-anatomical papers, with new species. The first paper is the rarest. The second paper is a major zoogeographical revision, well-illustrated with fine colour lithographs of living specimens and anatomical details. With the Jugendstil malacological bookplate (naked lady standing on top of an upside down Clausilidae and helding the zodiac in her arms) of Paul Ehrmann on the front paste-down, his name and that of Simroth and Herbert Ant written on the front flyleaf recto, as well as a hand-written title index, the autographs of Walter Wächtler and Herbert Ant on the title page of the first paper. Boards rubbed, spine missing and taped. Plate IV of the first paper partly browned, otherwise a good copy.