Author: Hozawa, S.
Title: Studies on the calacareous sponges of Japan.
Description: Tokyo, Faculty of Science of the Imperial University of Tokyo, 1929. 8vo (26.1 x 19.3 cm). 113 pp. [numbered 277-389]; 12 chromolithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A detailed, well-illustrated monograph. Written by the Japanese zoologist and entomologist Sanji Hozawa (1885-1947). When the author started his study, only six species, all described by Ernst Haeckel, were known from the area. Hozawa added many more. Published as the Faculty's Journal, Zoology vol. 1(5). Stamp on front wrapper; spine cover worn at ends, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Very uncommon.

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