Author: Wiman, Carl
Title: Fossile Schildkroten aus China.
Description: Peiping (Peking): Geological Survey of China, 1930. First edition. Pp. 56; 6 plates (black-and-white photos and line-drawings, 3 plates are large and folding), 9 text-figures. Original printed olive green wrappers, lg 4to (11.5 x 9 inches). Palaeontologia Sinica, series C, volume VI, fascicle 3. An early survey of the fossil turtles of China found in Miocene and Cretaceous deposits. The text is in German with excellent photos and line-drawings. On the front wrapper, there is a rectangular stamp in red Chinese characters, likely of a former owner; no other ownership marks and few signs of use. Paper wrappers on spine edge are chipped, binding is tight; a clean copy in very good condition..

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