| The Cephalopoda of the Plankton Expedition
Results of the Plankton Expedition of the Humboldt Foundation
by G. Pfeffer
1993 reprint and translation from the German publication of 1912, Smithsonian Inst. Libraries & Nat. Sci. Foundation, 618 pages and 96 additional pages containing 48 page size plates of black and white drawigs and their descriptions, Hard covered with dust jacket, about 9¾ by 12¾ inches (25 by 32.5 cm)
This is a major study of the marine molluca in the class Cephalopoda that was published (in German) in 1912. The original publication was in two parts with the plates being separate from the text, in this edition they are joined in a single volume. This book is a result of the 1889 German Plankton Expedition and this book is considered a key work in the study of the Cephalopods. It is reprint a very scace book today and this is an excellent copy of this publication. There are some minor tears and shelf ware to the dust jacket but it is otherwise as new.
|
