The Fishes of the Nile (Text + Plates)
- Collection : Prof Jim Green
- Publisher : Hugh Rees (for the Egyptian Government) / Wheldon & Wesley
- Illustrations : 97 lithographed plates (some folding), 6 plates, text figs
Description:
Text: scarce original edition (1907) published for the Egyptian Government by Hugh Rees, Ltd; Plates: reprinted (1965) - facsmile of the fine lithographed plates by J. Green and P. Smith. First major work on the fishes of the Nile. George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937) was a distinguished Belgian-British zoologist, well known for his monographs on amphibians, reptiles and fishes.
Nissen ZBI, 492.
Condition
2 vols, 4to. Text: recent buckram, teg, ex-lib. copy with stamps to title and final pages only. Plates: orig, buckram with corners a little bumped and owner's name to endpaper. Overall a very good set.
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