Author: Woodward, H.
Title: Guide to the collection of fossil fishes in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington.
Description: London, [The Trustees of the British Museum], 1885. 8vo (21.5 x 14.7 cm). 48 pp.; 58 text engravings. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. = This is the first edition of this catalogue, which is rare. It includes many fine illustrations, an overview of the history and contents of the collection, an index, and a list of some of the more important illustrated works on fossil fishes. The introduction is signed by Henry Woodward. Small clippings in the title page (repaired), and front free endpaper, otherwise a good clean copy. Dean II, p. 654. Not in Nissen.

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