Author: Desikachary, T. V.
Title: Atlas of Diatoms. Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. I - VI. [Complete].
Description: Madras, Madras Science Foundation, 1986-1989. Six volumes in five. Folio (28.1 x 21.6 cm). (ii), 27 pp.; 809 plates with explanatory text leaves. Printed errata list loosely inserted. Uniform printed softcovers. = An important monographic atlas deals with the marine fossil and extant diatoms of the Indian Ocean, but also of adjacent regions. For instance, several s;ecimens were colleced near Java, Indonesia. Parts III-IV are combined. Apparently very uncommon, as we have seen no other set or even a single part. Some wear to the spines, otherwise very good, clean.

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