The Fishes of Zanzibar. Acanthopterygii. By Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert Playfair. Pharyngognathi Etc. By Albert C.L.G. Gunther. Together with a New Intoduction. Regional Monograpphs on Extra-European Fishes, 1820-1870. A Chapter in the History of Ichthyology and Fish Illustration. By George Spargue Myers
by Playfair, Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0912318007
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318004
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Kentfield, California: Newton K. Gregg / Publisher, 1971. Hardcover. very good. Facsimile Reprint of 1866 Edition ltd to 350 copies. 32pp. (new introduction) + xiv,153pp. Small Folio in original cloth with 21 plates, including 6 hand coloured. very good 1971
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- Title
- The Fishes of Zanzibar. Acanthopterygii. By Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert Playfair. Pharyngognathi Etc. By Albert C.L.G. Gunther. Together with a New Intoduction. Regional Monograpphs on Extra-European Fishes, 1820-1870. A Chapter in the History of Ichthyology and Fish Illustration. By George Spargue Myers
- Author
- Playfair, Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0912318007
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318004
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg / Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Kentfield, California
- Date Published
- 1971
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- Natural History;
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