Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises. 10 volumes complete with 522 color plates.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977-89. Second Printing. Hardcover book. Elephant Folio, A Reprint of the 1862 - 1878 edition with additional material. Ten volumes. Bleeker unfortunately passed away before he could finish his work, leaving behind him plates and text for later volumes. 148 plates planned for later volumes XI-XIV are published here for the first time.
Volumes 1-3 in blue cloth, volumes 4-10 in brown artificial leather. Blue cloth boards The Brown artificial leather volumes have a tendency to stick together removing patches of one board and depositing it on another. They are stored now with a divider sheet between each volume. Internally all volumes are in fine condition, bindings strong.
Folio. Ten volumes.
V1 168pp, plates I-XLVII.
V2 112pp, plates XLIV-CI.
V3 150pp, plates CII-CXLIV.
V4 152pp, plates CXLV-CXIII.
V5 152pp, plates CXCIV-CCXXXI.
V6 170p, plates CCXXXII-CCLXXVIII.
V7 126pp, Perc. I-XII, CCXCI-CCCXX.
V8 156pp, plates CCCXXI-CCCLXII.
V9 80pp, plates CCLV-CCCCXX.
V10 22pp, 148 plates that were planned for later volumes, numbered 421 to 575. Good + overall. Item #28168
Price: $550.00