Agassiz, Louis

Sketch of the Natural Provinces of the Animal World and their Relation to the Different Types of Man.

Philadephia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1854. First edition. Pp. (i), lviii-lxxviii, 1 quadruple-page foldout hand-colored chart, 1 hand-colored map. Self-wrappers, bound in early one-quarter green cloth over gray boards with the title neatly lettered on the front board, lg 8vo. Small blind stamp of Donald J. Zinn on the title page. An early work on zoogeography by Agassiz than links different living human groups to different continents. Rare. Some old cellotype on the internal joints of two facing sets of pages, faint water mark on the lower margin of the text; overall a good solid copy in an attractive binding..

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Book number: 5157

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great naturalists Louis Agassiz zoogeography biogeography Donald J. Zinn

Boston Society of Natural History

Louis Agassiz: memorial meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History, January 7th 1874.

Boston: Society of Natural History, 1874. First edition. Pp. 39. Original printed pale green wrappers, 8vo. A tribute to the great naturalist, ichthyologist and Harvard professor, Louis Agassiz, by Boston Society of Natural History president George B. Emerson and naturalist R.C. Waterton. The forward is by T. T. Bouve, the president of Harvard University. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5155

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great Naturalists Louis Agassiz memorial meeting ichthyology George B. Emerson R.C. Waterton 1874

Carpenter, C. R. and Hofer, H. O. (editors)

Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Primatology, Atlanta, GA, 1968, in 3 volumes, complete in original slipcase.

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, 1969. First edition. Pp. xiv, 283, 83 text-figures, 24 tables; xiv, 223, 112 text-figures and photos, 29 tables; xiv, 203, 84 text-figures and photos, 19 tables. Publisher's original light gray cloth, lettered in dark yellow on the spine and front cover, in slipcase with bright yellow boards over gray cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front board, lg 8vo. Volume I: Behavior; Volume II: Recent Advances in Primatology and Volume III: Neurology, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases. Presents the hundreds of individual papers presented at Second International Congress of Primatology in Atlanta. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) set in a near fine slipcase..

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Book number: 5160

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great naturalists Louis Agassiz

Eliot, Charles W. (editor)

Agassiz Centennial: Special Issue of the American Naturalist, July 1907.

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1907. First edition. Pp. 413-476, numerous text-figures. Original tan printed wrappers, lettered in black, bound in early one-quarter green cloth over gray boards with the title neatly lettered on the front cover, lg 8vo. This special issue presents six articles related to the research of Louis Agassiz on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Small blind stamp of Donald J. Zinn on the front wrapper. Wrappers a little worn with some chips missing, two old cellotape marks on the front wrapper, a tight and clean copy in very good condition with the pages still unopened..

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Book number: 5159

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great naturalists Louis Agassiz 100th anniversary of his birth American Naturalist Charles W. Eliot Donald J. Zinn

Holder, Charles F.

Louis Agassiz: His Life and Work

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. First edition Pp. xviii, 327, (2, ads); frontispiece portrait of Agassiz. Publisher's original one-quarter green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over brown cloth on boards, gilt-ruled and with gilt decorations on front cover, 8vo. The definitive early biography of Louis Agassiz. No ownership marks. Slight wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3985

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great naturalists Louis Agassiz