On Okapia, A New Genus of Giraffidae, from Central Africa

  • Original Wraps
  • London: The Zoological Society of London, 1902
By E. Ray Lankester
London: The Zoological Society of London, 1902. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1902 1st appearance in book form, published in its original blue wrappers by the Zoological Society of London. Re-bound (with new endsheets but with original covers bound-in) in navy-blue cloth, with gilt-titling to the spine. Clean and well-preserved and solidly VG+. Folio, 36 pgs. 3 very impressive, full-page plates, 1 (the Okapa Johnstoni) in beautiful chromolithography and the other 2 (the skull, jawline and teeth) handsomely engraved. Vol. XVI--Part 6 of the "Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

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