Three fine, lithographed plates of dolphins from a very important monograph on the natural history of South America
Orbigny, A. D. d'
Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la république Argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Perou). Exécuté dans le cours des années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Mammifères. Plates 21, 22, 25. [Dolphins]
Published
1846
Item ID
69771
€165.00
Paris, P. Bertrand; Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 1846. Folio (33.8 x 25.0 cm). Three lithographed plates.
Three fine, lithographed plates from a very important monograph on the natural history of South America, being the results of years of travels and collecting by one of the foremost French zoologists and palaeontologists. The plate shows rare and little-known dolphins from the waters around South America. A very good, clean set.