Indian Ocean
20 items found
Agassiz, A.
The coral reefs of the Maldives.
Cambridge, MA, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1903. Two volumes (text and atlas) in one. 4to (29.1 x 23.8 cm). Text: xxv, 168 pp.; numerous text illustrations; Atlas: 6 pp.; 82 maps, as follows: eight folded maps [numbered 1-8], three profiles [numbered 8a-c] and 71 photographic plates [numbered 9-79]. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed front wrappers bound in.
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Bleeker, P. and F. P. L. Pollen
Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances, d'apres les découvertes de Fr. P. C. Pollen et D. van Dam. 4me Partie. Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile de la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et Van Dam. [AND] Les pêches a Madagascar et es dépendances.
Leyde (Leiden), E. J. Brill, 1875. 4to (29.2 x 21.2 cm). Half-title and title to Bleeker and Pollen, title to Pollen; 195 pp. (104, [ii], 89); 27 fine, hand-coloured lithographed plates, including one map (of Mayotte), one portrait (of Antoine Rétout "Le grand Amateur-Pêcheur Créole à l'île de la Réunion"), and four plates showing fisheries and fishing techniques (from the Relation de voyage). Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands with gilt chains; compartments with gilt vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Deraniyagala, P. E. P.
Some of Linné's reptiles and a mammal from Ceylon and elsewhere that are in Sweden. [AND] Some little-known characters of the two subspecies of Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz).
Colombo, The National Museums of Ceylon, 1961. 4to (27.9 x 21.3 cm). 8 [1, 7] pp.; two plates, three (groups of) text figures. Disbound.
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Hartlaub, G.
Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein Beitrag zur Zoologie der äthiopischen Region. Mit einer kürzlich entdeckten Original-Abbildung der Dronte von R. Savry.
Halle, H. W. Schmidt, 1877. 8vo (23.0 x 14.5 cm). Wood-engraved frontispiece (dodo); xlii, 425 pp. Original printed wrappers.
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Humbert, [J.] H.
La destruction d'une flore insulaire par le feu. Principaux aspects de la végétation à Madagascar. Documents photographiques et notices.
Tananarive, Académie Malgache, 1927. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). 80 pp.; 41 plates, of which 40 with fine photographs by the author. Original printed portfolio.
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[Indian Ocean]
International Indian Ocean Expedition. Collected reprints I-VIII, Index. [Complete].
Paris, Unesco, 1965-1972; Hamburg, Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut, 1972. Eight parts and Index in nine. 4to (27.0 x 21.0 cm) 7967 pp. [I(1965): xvi, 915; II(1966): ix, 672; III(1966): ix, 984; IV(1967): x, 867; V(1968): ix, 834; VI(1969): ix, 1,389; VII(1971): x, 1,275; VIII(1972): x, 833; Index(1972): 116]; numerous text figures, tables, and maps. Uniform original printed wrappers.
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Koehler, [J. B. F.] R.
Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profondes [AND] Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien II. Les ophiures littorales.
Calcutta [Kolkata], The Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1899-1900. Folio (31.4 x 25.0 cm). [74; (ii), 4] pp., 22 [I-XIV; XV-XXII] lithographed plates (one folded). Contemporary, dark blue morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-lined bands. and gilt title. Original printed front wrappers preserved.
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Martens, [K.] E. von
Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Mollusken. [Including] Anhang. Anatomie einiger Landschnecken.
[Berlin, Gutmann], 1880. 4to (30.3 x 25.3 cm). Title page, 172 pp. (numbered [181]-352); four lithographed and finely hand-coloured plates [numbered 19-22]. Later green, pebbled cloth with gilt title on the spine.
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Martens, [K.] E. von
Ueber vorderasiatische Conchylien nach den Sammlungen des Prof. Hausknecht.
Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1874. 4to (29.0 x 23.2 cm). vi, 127 pp.; nine fine, hand-coloured lithographed plates. Near contemporary half cloth over marbled board. Spine with gilt title on the spine. Edges sprinkled red.
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Plate, L. [H.] (ed.)
Fauna et Anatomia Ceylanica. Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Ceylon-Reise ausgeführt mit Unterstützung der Ritter-Stiftung 1913/14. Band I-IV. [Complete].
Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1922-1931. Four volumes in four. 8vo (23.5 x 15.2 cm). 2,360 pp.; 106 lithographed plates (some tinted). Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Pollen, F. P. L. and D. C. Van Dam
Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances, d'apres les découvertes de François P. L. et D. C. Van Dam. I. Relation de voyage.
Leyde [Leiden], J. K. Steenhoff, 1868-1877. 4to (29.0 x 21.5 cm). 240, [2] pp.; several text engravings; 55 plates or maps, including two lithographed portraits, 48 mostly coloured and tinted lithographed plates (views), two tinted lithographed maps (one very large, multi-folded) one hand-written letter in facsimile (double-sized). Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands with gilt chains; compartments with gilt vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Schlegel, H. and F. P. L. Pollen
Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances, d'apres les Découvertes de François P. L. et D. C. Van Dam. 2me partie. Mammifères et Oiseaux.
Leyde [Leiden], J. K. Steenhoff, [1867-]1868. 4to (27.7 x 20.2 cm). xix, 186 pp.; 40 lithographed plates of which 38 hand-coloured, partly heightened with gum arabic, and two plain (as intended, showing skulls and teeth). Later polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title. Marbled endpapers.
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Sewell, R. B. S.
Geographic and Oceanographic Research in Indian Waters. Part I - VIII. [All published].
Calcutta [Kolkata], The Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1925-1935. Eight parts in eight. Large 4to (31.0 x 24.8 cm). 539 pp.; 15 plates, including a large, multi-folded, coloured map. Original, uniform printed wrappers.
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Silas, E. G. et al. (eds.)
Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes. Held at Mandapam Camp from Jan. 12-15, 1962. Part I - III. [Complete].
Mandapam Camp, Marine Biological Association of India, 1964. Three parts in two. 8vo (24.1 x 17.8 cm). 1,291 pp. (xvi, 1,236, 39); numerous plates and text figures. Contemporary uniform quarter buckram over grained boards. Spines with gilt bands and title.
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Takeda, M. and T. Okutani
Crustaceans and Mollusks Trawled off Suriname and French Guyana.
Tokyo, Japanese Marine Fishery Resource Research Centre, 193. 4to (25.7 x 18.1 cm). 355 pp.; numerous full colour photographs and line drawings. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine, in original transparent sleeve.
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Wait, W. E.
The distribution of birds in Ceylon and its relation to recent geological changes in the island. [AND] Notes on Ceylon rails, waders, gulls, and terns. [AND] Notes on Ceylon water birds part II. [AND] Rough draft of Ceylon pigeons and game birds.
Colombo, The Colombo Museum, [1914]-1920. Four papers in one. 8vo (23.3 x 14.8 cm). 207 [32; 82; 60; 33] pp.; 4 [0; 2; 1; 1] plates. Contemporary half calf over red cloth boards. Gilt title on the spine.
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