Author: Smitt, F.A.
Title: Floridan Bryozoa: Collected by Count L.F. de Pourtales. Pts I-II
Description: P.A. Norstedt 1872-1873 20; 83, 18 plain lithographic plates. . HB. 4to, 2 parts bound in one vol., cont. half morroco, marbled boards, heavily rubbed/scuffed to spine/corners. Good ex-lib.: ink stamps to endpaper/title page only.. Text English. Describes and illustrates bryozoans collected from the coast of Florida by Count Louis François de Pourtalès (1824-1880), a former student and assistant of Louis Agassiz, during the expedition of the United States 'Coast Survey', in 1867-1869. The Swedish bryozoologist, Fredrik (Frits) Adam Smitt (1839-1904), notes in the introduction 'In doing this, I have felt the greatest interest in finding well-known Scandinavian forms living there among tropical and antarctical'. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 10(11) + 11(4)..

Keywords: Bryozoa; United States; North America; America


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