De Solenodonte

by Johann Friedrich von Brandt

$1,250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

N.p. but St. Petersburg : s.n., 1833 . 4to. 20 pp. FIRST EDITION. 2 full-page lithographic plates, one in contemporary hand color. Original pink wrappers, old repair to spine. Manuscript notes on the front wrapper, old stamps of Balfour Library. Item #19138 First edition, an offprint on the discovery of the venomous shrew-like mammal Solenodon. Also called agoutas, these furry

• Binding: Wrappers

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