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THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
1 [BRITISH MUSEUM - NATURAL HISTORY]. Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. Scientific Reports.
London, British Museum, 1930-1939. Volumes 1-6/2 (54 parts). 4to. With ca. 200 plates. Original cloth and wrappers.
A complete set, through volume 6/2, of these important expedition reports. Contents:
Vol.1: Preliminary Account of the Expedition and Physiological Researches "The Leader's Party" (nos. 1-13);
Vol.2: Plancton and Hydrographical Researches "The Boat Party" (nos. 1-8);
Vol.3: Ecological Researches "The Reef Party" (nos. 1-10);
Vol.4: Reports on Systematic Zoology and Botany (nos. 1-15);
A fine set in original half cloth and original printed wrappers. Prices in EUROS (), shipping and BTW/VAT extra. MAGNIFICENT PLATES OF THE AMSTERDAM CITY HALL WITH TITLE-PAGE IN THE VERY RARE 1ST STATE AND MAP OF AUSTRALIA WITH TASMAN'S DISCOVERIES View picture(s) 2 CAMPEN, Jacob van [and Jacob VENNECOOL]. Afbeelding van 't Stadt Huys van Amsterdam, in dartigh coopere plaaten geordineert. Amsterdam, Dancker Danckerts, 1661. Royal folio (44 x 28 cm). With engraved title-page, an engraved plate with a portrait of Van Campen and a six-line verse, and 30 plates of plans, sections, elevations, details of exterior and interior ornamentation, etc., designed and lettered (A-Z, including W but not J or U) for assembly as 24 illustrations but here bound as 30, as indicated by the title-page (8 full-page, 16 double-page and 6 folding), 3 large woodcut head- and tailpieces and 3 large historiated and decorated woodcut initials. Early eighteenth-century boards covered with yellow paper. | |
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