Agassiz, Louis

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Vol. 4 of 4, Single Volume]

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862. First Edition. Quarto, viii, 380, 12, pl.xx - pl.xxxv pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in modern green leather. Spine green with gilt lettering. Very light shelf wear to boards. Text block shows expected age toning. Two embossed stamps, one gold and one blind, on second free endpaper. Small stamp and small puncture present on at the bottom of the first Table of Contents page - page contents entirely unaffected. Faint soiling present along edges of plates, which comprise the last section of the book - plate images unaffected.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $125

NOTES

Fourth volume of 4 (intended to be a 10 vol. set originally, but only 4 were published), rebound, first edition. The set is split into two monographs of two volumes each. First monograph is three parts in two volumes. Second monograph is five parts in two volumes. This volume, which is the last of the set, covers parts 3-5 of the second monograph.