Author: Sjöstedt, Y.
Title: Zur ornithologie Kameruns, nebst Angaben über die Säugetiere des Landes. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Hohen philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Upsala vorgelegt und öffentlich verteidigt.
Description: Stockholm, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien, 1895-[1896]. 4to (31.0 x 24.5 cm). Two titles (one for the dissertation, dated 1896 instead of 1895); 120 pp.; ten beautiful chromolithographed plates by A. Ekblom. = A nicely illustrated publication with detailed original observations. Many species are described by the Swedish ornithologist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt (1866-1948) and figured here for the first time. The work inludes a list of all the birds observed in Cameroon. Published in the academy's Handlingar, but also separately, as dissertation (this copy). Uncut. Front cover soiled, and with a weak, old stamp. Some toning; margins a bit creased and chipped, with a few, short tears;spine taped, yet broken; otherwise a very good copy. Nissen IVB, 878.

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