Descripção de dois insectos coleopteros de Camboja nas costas orientaes do Oceano Indico.
by PAIVA, António da Costa, 1º Barão do Castello [or Castelo] de Paiva
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Lisbon, Tyopgraphia Universal, 1860.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original reddish-brown printed wrappers (spine slightly defective; small amount of chipping). Unopened. In very good condition. Author's 6-line presentation inscription, in ink, on recto of initial blank leaf: "Ao Illmº Snr. // Florindo António de Sousa // em signal d'estima // offerece // o seu obrigado venerador [?] // o auctor." (1 blank l.), 11 pp., 1 folding lithographic plate. *** FIRST and ONLY separate EDITION of this work describing two species of beetles found on the Gulf of Thailand coast of Cambodia; it originally appeared in the Gazeta medica de Lisboa. The Barão do Castello de Paiva (1806-1879) was professor of botany at the Academia Polytechnica do Porto and a physician. He was a member of the Real Academia das Sciências de Lisboa and of numerous learned societies outside Portugal.*** Innocêncio VIII, 120 (see also 119-22; I, 117). Porbase cites a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates a copy each at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and Natural History Museum. NUC: CtY, DNAL
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- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- Descripção de dois insectos coleopteros de Camboja nas costas orientaes do Oceano Indico.
- Author
- PAIVA, António da Costa, 1º Barão do Castello [or Castelo] de Paiva
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Publisher
- Lisbon, Tyopgraphia Universal, 1860.
- Keywords
- Cambodia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Indochina, insects, beetles, zoology, etymology, Portugal, science
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