Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Beijing, Science Press, 1986. 4to (26.0 x 18.6 cm). 282 pp.; 96 plates. Black quarter cloth over printed boards. Spine with gilt title. = An important monograph, based on well-preserved faunas, with many new taxa: four new genera, and 27 new species. Published as Paleontologia Sinica (series B)172(22). In Chinese, with a 30 pp. English summary, including biostratigraphy, comparison with other, world wide, faunas, and descriptions of the new taxa. Stamp and handwritten numbers on front board; otherwise an excellent, clean copy. Very uncommon.

London, the author, 1851 [REPRINT Mergus, Germany]. (64.1 x 49.5 cm). Full colour facsimile. = A stunning, gigantic plate by the famous bird painter and ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881), depicting a bird from tropical Africa, the yellow-billed turaco. It occurs in coastal regions from Sierra Leone to the northernmost tip of Angola. Its current scientific name is Tauraco macrorhynchus. This excellent reproduction is faithful to the original in every detail. An excellent, clean copy.