Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances
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Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1868-1878. Comprising Relation du Voyage, Mammifères et Oiseaux (two copies) and Poissons et Pêches de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances. Three volumes (plus one duplicate), in period quarter leather bindings (that for the duplicate in modern quarter leather). 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (29 x 21.5 cm); Relation du Voyage: 21 hand-colored litho plates by M. J. Goedkind, 19 hand-colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans, 8 hand-colored litho plates by C. Bos, together with 4 uncolored plates and four maps. one large and folding; Mammifères et Oiseaux. 38 hand-colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans and two uncolored plates; xix, 186 pp.; Poissons et Pêches de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances. 21 hand-colored litho plates by P. Bleeker, 4 hand-colored litho plates by M. J. Goedkind, one map, and one uncolored plate; 104, 89 pp. Some wear, lacking the title page of the Voyage volume, occasional foxing but generally a clean set.
Five parts in all were published, though they are rarely found together. The very attractive account of the voyage seems especially uncommon.
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