Dr. J.A. Herklots - De dieren van Nederland: Weekdieren en lagere dieren
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Dr. J.A. Herklots - De dieren van Nederland: Weekdieren en lagere dieren - Haarlem - A.C. Kruseman - 1862 - 1st edition - xii,[=viii], 258, viii, [208], [178] pp - [2 parts in one] Hardcover - 14,5 x 23 cm.
Antiquarian work on Dutch animals without skeletons, by the Middelburg zoologist Jan Adriaan Herklots (1820-1872). Illustrated with 44 black and white lithographs (in the rear plate section) and numerous drawings in the text. With table of contents and index.
¶ The book deals with i.a. squids, snails, shellfish, naiads, oysters, tunicates, mussels, worms (shipworms, annelids), sea mice, sea caterpillars, lugworms, earthworms, sea urchins, leeches, sea arrows, rotifers, polyps, flatworms, tapeworms, sea cucumbers, sea apples, starfish and jellyfish.
This copy was bound by master binder Hans Zegveld in the spirit of the 19th century in a newly constructed binding; black linen spine with 'WEEKDIEREN' [= Molluscs] in gold foil and boards covered with marbled paper.
