Petrificata Suecana Formationis Cretaceæ, Descripta et Iconibus Illustrata... Pars Prior, Vertebrata et Mollusca Sistens

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Sale 245: Mineralogy - Natural History - Travel - Cartography (#245) 07/25/2002 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #194Petrificata Suecana Formationis Cretaceæ, Descripta et Iconibus Illustrata... Pars Prior, Vertebrata et Mollusca Sistens

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Sale 245: Mineralogy - Natural History - Travel - Cartography (#245) 07/25/2002 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

Petrificata Suecana Formationis Cretaceæ, Descripta et Iconibus Illustrata... Pars Prior, Vertebrata et Mollusca Sistens

Author:

Nilsson, S[ven]

Place Published:

Londini Gothorum [i.e. Lund, Swedenz]

Publisher:

Officina Berlingiana

Date Published:

1827

Description:

viii, 39 pp. With 10 aquatint plates of shells. 14¾x9¼, later cloth-backed boards. First Edition.

Scholarly treatise on petrified shells from the Cretaceous Period found in Scandinavia, with 10 fine aquatint engraved plates. There were subsequent volumes planned, but they were never produced. With old Harvard Library bookplate; also the bookplate of John Sinkankas.

Condition:

Wear to the covers, extremities chipped and gouged; some fairly minor foxing within, else very good.

Item#:

122449
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