Lot 32
Fishes.- Bleeker (P.) and François P.L. Pollen. Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar... Poissons et Pêches, part 4 only, Leyde, 1874-75; and 3 others fishes (4)
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Fishes.- Bleeker (P.) and François P.L. Pollen. Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar...Poissons et Pêches, part 4 only, 21 chromolithograph plates, uncut in original half cloth portfolio with cloth ties, spine worn, [Wood p.522], Leyde, 1874-75 § Perugia (Alberto) Elenco dei Pesci della Adriatico, 7 chromolithograph plates some printed in silver, original printed wrappers, spine worn, 1881 § Savtschenko (P.) Atlas des Poissons Vénéneux, text in Russian and French, 9 chromolithograph and 1 lithograph plate, small marginal hole to title, Michael Luhrs bookplate, contemporary cloth, covers marked, edges uncut, [Dean II 395], St. Petersburg, 1886 § Owen (Richard) Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, only edition, 8 engraved plates (plates 1-7 in 2 states, some foxing), later calf-backed boards, red morocco label to spine, vellum tips, [Nissen ZBI 30369], 1832, occasional foxing to plates, 4to (4)
⁂ A collection of works on fishes. The first mentioned consists of two monographs, 'Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile de la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et Van Dam' by P. Bleeker and 'Les Peches à Madagascar et ses dépendances' by F.P.L. Pollen.
The third mentioned is a rare work focusing solely on poisonous fishes.
Description
Fishes.- Bleeker (P.) and François P.L. Pollen. Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar...Poissons et Pêches, part 4 only, 21 chromolithograph plates, uncut in original half cloth portfolio with cloth ties, spine worn, [Wood p.522], Leyde, 1874-75 § Perugia (Alberto) Elenco dei Pesci della Adriatico, 7 chromolithograph plates some printed in silver, original printed wrappers, spine worn, 1881 § Savtschenko (P.) Atlas des Poissons Vénéneux, text in Russian and French, 9 chromolithograph and 1 lithograph plate, small marginal hole to title, Michael Luhrs bookplate, contemporary cloth, covers marked, edges uncut, [Dean II 395], St. Petersburg, 1886 § Owen (Richard) Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, only edition, 8 engraved plates (plates 1-7 in 2 states, some foxing), later calf-backed boards, red morocco label to spine, vellum tips, [Nissen ZBI 30369], 1832, occasional foxing to plates, 4to (4)
⁂ A collection of works on fishes. The first mentioned consists of two monographs, 'Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile de la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et Van Dam' by P. Bleeker and 'Les Peches à Madagascar et ses dépendances' by F.P.L. Pollen.
The third mentioned is a rare work focusing solely on poisonous fishes.
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