Author: Deraniyagala, P. E. P.
Title: A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon (Illustrated by the author). Volume one. Fishes.
Description: Ceylon [Colombo], Ceylon National Museums, 1952. Oblong 4to (25.3 x 32.1 cm). xii, 149 pp.; one plain plate, 34 full colour plates all after the watercolours of the author, map, 59 text figures (mostly with multiple images and page-sized). Original full cloth with gilt ornaments and title on the front board. = Fine, richly illustrated atlas of the marine fishes of Sri-Lanka. Especially the text illustrations are of a high quality. The whole work is not only a colourful atlas but also a fine scientific monograph with clear keys and illustrations of taxonomically important characters. Bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Nissen ZBI, 1084.

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