Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale: Études sur les Xiphosures et les Crustacés de la région Mexicaine Attractive bookplate of Thomas Perry

Attractive bookplate of Thomas Perry on the front endpaper

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Publisher Carl Gerold's Sohn Publisher Place Vienna Date Published 1890-1893 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes 2 Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description Slight rubbing to the marbled boards

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Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale: Études sur les Xiphosures et les Crustacés de la région Mexicaine Attractive bookplate of Thomas PerryPp. (6), 368 + 61 full page plates each with descriptive text leaf (11 are chromolithographs or hand colored, 50 are halftones on tan backgrounds). Early fine weave blue cloth, thick folio (14. 25 x 11 inches). This work documents the horseshoe crabs and crustaceans of the coastal waters of Mexico. This monograph is the fifth volume of a 13 volume work entitled "Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale," which was the French