various authors
[Alert voyage] Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the HMS Alert 1881-1882.
London, Taylor and Francis, 1884. 8vo (22.4 x 14.1 cm). xxv, 684 pp.; 54 lithographed plates (some partially coloured). Original embossed and gilt-lettered cloth.
A massive work containing contributions to the zoology and anthropology of the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Contains, for instance: "Summary of the Voyage", by R. W. Coppinger; "Mammalia", by O. Thomas (this section describes skulls of Torres Straits and Banks islanders); "Aves", by Sharpe; "Reptiles, Batrachians and Pisces", by Guenther; "Molluscs", by E. A. Smith (83, 22 pp.; 4, 1 plates); "Echinodermata", by Bell; "Crustaceans", by Miers; "Coleoptera", by Waterhouse; "Lepidoptera", by Butler; "Alcyonaria and Sponges", by Ridley. With 54 attractive plates containing illustrations of many new and little-known species. Several stamps on the title, including several (cancelled) stamps on the title page: Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Her Britannic Majesty's Government, and Richard I. Johnson. Several text leaves are chipped in the top outer margin, but otherwise a very good copy of this important and well-illustrated work. Horn-Schenkling II(3), p. 397; Nissen ZBI, 4755.

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