Author: Fulmek, L. and J. C. van der Meer Mohr (eds.)
Title: Miscellanea Zooologica Sumatrana. I-C. [100 papers]
Description: Medan, published by the editors, 1926-1936. 100 papers in one. iv pp. [index], and ca. 400 pp.; numerous text figures and plates. Near contemporary pebbled morocco over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = This is a collection of one hundred numbered zoological papers dealing with taxa from Sumatra (Indonesia), which forms a part of the Malayan Archipelago and is a biological hot-spot. The papers are preceded by a four pages index. Each paper has its own pagination. Lenght varies between two and 16 pages. Eight papers are herpetological (with five plates in total); 13 are on malacology (six plates, several text figures), the others deal mainly with various groups of insects and other invertebrates, a few deal with birds. Some foxing throughout, as usual for a 'tropical' work. The binding extremely good, as new. Rare in this state.

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