The Bermuda Islands: A Contribution to the Physical History and Zoology of the Somers Archipelago. With an Examination of the Structure of Coral Reefs

by Angelo Heilprin

$320 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Red publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Provenance: Samuel Kenshaw bookplate and signature dated Dec 25, 1890 on front flyleaf An early work on the natural history of Bermuda. This work includes chapters on geology, fauna, mollusca, and zoology of Bermuda, with an emphasis on coral reefs. Angelo Heilprin was a Hungarian-American geologist, paleontologist, naturalist, and explorer who is most notable for taking part in

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