Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Contemporary half morocco with five

Contemporary half morocco with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decorations on spine

The fine plates are well executed works of art

Publisher Henry Sotheran Limited Publisher Place London Date Published 1980 Date Published Estimated No Edition Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description Aside from some light marginal flecking to cloth on the front cover

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

Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation Contemporary half morocco with fivePp. 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