Author: Sollas, W. J.
Title: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir. C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Zoology. Volume XXV. Report on the Tetractinellida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876.
Description: London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888. 4to (32.0 x 25.1 cm). clxvi, 458 pp.; 44 tinted or coloured lithographed plates and one large, folded coloured map. Original green, embossed cloth with gilt title on the spine. = A huge and important monograph on sponges, in particular deep-sea Demospongiae, by the British invertebrate zoologist William Johnson Sollas (1949-1936). Spine cover damaged, front hinge broken, dampstaining throughout. Otherwise good. A reading copy. Nissen ZBI, 3997.

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