Author: Viets, K.
Title: Die Milben des Süsswassers und des Meeres. Erster Teil - Zweiter und dritter Teil. [Complete].
Description: Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1955-1956. Three volumes in two. Large 8vo (24.1 x 17.0 cm). 1346 pp., text figures. Original uniform printed cloth. = The magnum opus of the German acarologist Karl Viets (1882-1961). The first volume contains biographies and bibliographies, with occasional portraits, of a great number of acarologists. The second and third part deal with the Hydrachnellae and Halacaridae, being a catalogue of taxa (Zweiter Teil, "Mit 140 abbildungen") of 710 pp, and a "Nomenklator" (index) of of 160 pp. Minimal soiling to the boards, otherwise an excellent, clean set. Rare, especially when complete such as this set.

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