[Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale] Embryogénie des Éponges : développement post-larvaire des éponges siliceuses et fibreuses marines d'eau douce

Yves Delage

1892.

First Edition. Item #049251

Modern quarter green leather over light green cloth. Journal article extracted and bound, pages 345-498 with 8 double page chromolithograph plates of sponges printed on one side and then the original watercolors for the plates clipped and laid onto card stock and bound in. Signed by Delage on the title page. S0me scattered foxing, including to the plates, faint dampstain to lower corner of plates, some browning from adhesive used to lay down the clipped watercolor pieces.

Remarkably lovely and delicate watercolors of sponges. Delage did important work on invertebrates at the end of the 19th century - somewhat randomly famous for this pronouncement that the shroud of Turin had only a 1 in 10 chance of being a fraud. He was a prominent neo-Lamarckian during the period of skepticism about Darwin's theories. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Inventory No: 049251.

Price: $2,500.00