david starr jordan carl eigenmann (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, which bound this extract in a gray pamphlet binder; originally presented by one of the authors to William McMichael Woodworth, who bequeathed this volume to the library (pencilled in top margin of the first page is "From the author"); the first and last pages are a bit dusty; a few margins have small chips; tight, text clean. Paginated 477-518. Interesting provenance. [br 3].

Condizione: A fine (new) copy. Pp. 329-441; 10 full page plates (fine line-drawings of fish). Later green cloth, spine is lettered in white, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1888, volume 8. This is an important early work by Jordan and Eigenmann on the Serranidae, a family of ray-finned fishes in the order Perciformes in the waters of North America and in Europe. This family includes the sea basses and the groupers including the giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, which is the largest bony fish in the world (modified after Wiki). No ownership marks and no signs of use.