Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Finely bound by Sangorski and

Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in three-quarter dark green morocco over pale green cloth boards

The fine plates are well executed works of art

Image size: 21 x 14 inches

no other library marks

Pages 1-40 with accompanying plates were released in 1874

Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Finely bound by Sangorski andPp. 53, 10 full page engraved plates (9 are partially colored). Publishers printed pale green front wrapper mounted on later white wrappers, in custom made folding black cloth box, gilt lettered on the spine, folio. Presents the fossil crustaceans of the Cretaceous of Bohemia now known as the Czech Republic. A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and crabs. Small circular stamp of the Smithsonian Institution on the front wrapper and on the title