Author: Haeckel, E.
Title: Metagenesis und Hypogenesis von Aurelia aurita. Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte und zur Teratologie der Medusen.
Description: Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1881. Folio (38.2 x 28.6 cm). 36 pp.; two tinted lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A rare work by one of Germany's most famous zoologists. Dedicated to Ernst von Siebold. This work, based on the study of the European common jellyfish or moon jellyfish, on development and teratology, may be regarded as a continuation of his famous Monographie und System der Medusen, published in 1879-1880 (See DSB). Uncut. Edges a bit frayed, some light, marginal spotting, otherwise a very good copy. DSB 6, pp. 6-11.

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