Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899
Princeton: The University, 1904-1927. Four volumes, later cloth bindings. 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (33 x 27 cm); comprising the following: Allen, J. A. 1905. Mammalia of Southern Patagonia. 210 pp.; lithographic plates throughout, many in colors; Various authors, parts 2-4 as a single volume as follows. Stejneger, L. 1909. Batrachians and Reptiles; pp. 211-24. Eigenmann, C. H. 1909. The Fresh-Water Fishes of Patagonia and an Examination of the Archiplata-Archhelenis Theory. Plates. pp. 225-374. Eigenmann, C. H. 1909. Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Tropical and South Temperate America. pp. 375-511. Scott, W. E. D.; and Sharpe, R. B. 1904-12. Ornithology [Part 1]. xii, 504 pp. one uncolored litho plate, figures throughout; Scott, W. E. D., Sharpe, R. B.; and Stone, W. 1915-28. pp. 505-884. Ornithology [Part 2]. Fourteen color litho plates by J. G. Keulemans and text figures. A clean set bound from the parts, lacking the botany etc.
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Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899
Princeton: The University, 1904-1927. Four volumes, later cloth bindings. 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (33 x 27 cm); comprising the following: Allen, J. A. 1905. Mammalia of Southern Patagonia. 210 pp.; lithographic plates throughout, many in colors; Various authors, parts 2-4 as a single volume as follows. Stejneger, L. 1909. Batrachians and Reptiles; pp. 211-24. Eigenmann, C. H. 1909. The Fresh-Water Fishes of Patagonia and an Examination of the Archiplata-Archhelenis Theory. Plates. pp. 225-374. Eigenmann, C. H. 1909. Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Tropical and South Temperate America. pp. 375-511. Scott, W. E. D.; and Sharpe, R. B. 1904-12. Ornithology [Part 1]. xii, 504 pp. one uncolored litho plate, figures throughout; Scott, W. E. D., Sharpe, R. B.; and Stone, W. 1915-28. pp. 505-884. Ornithology [Part 2]. Fourteen color litho plates by J. G. Keulemans and text figures. A clean set bound from the parts, lacking the botany etc.
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