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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents the research results from two Dutch ichthyologists on fish species found off the coasts of Madagascar and nearby Reunion Island. Their collection work was accomplished over several years in the mid-nineteenth century. The text includes detailed descriptions of 58 fis…h species that were collected between 1861-1866. Of these, 27 were newly discovered and described by the authors, the remainder were species that were already known to science but that had not been fully described. These include surgeonfish, groupers, sweetlips, wrasses, pompanos, and cardinalfish. The authors also identify several new geographical locations where previously described species could be found. The book is well-illustrated with 12 taxonomic plates which include multiple figures showing the fish in its entirety as well as close-ups of diagnostic details and color patterns. This taxonomic work is an important resource for ichthyologists due to its rich collection of data and the large number of new species described therein. It is also of significance to those interested in the marine life of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
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Seller: Antiquariaat Schierenberg, Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Schierenberg
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Add to basketLeyde (Leiden), E. J. Brill, 1875. 4to (29.2 x 21.2 cm). Half-title and title to Bleeker and Pollen, title to Pollen; 195 pp. (104, [ii], 89); 27 fine, hand-coloured lithographed plates, including one map (of Mayotte), one portrait (of Antoine Rétout "Le grand Amateur-Pêcheur Créole à l'île de la Réunion"), and four plates showi…ng fisheries and fishing techniques (from the Relation de voyage). Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands with gilt chains; compartments with gilt vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. = Rare part of the zoology of Pollen and Van Dam's travels, dealing with fish and fisheries. Written by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1842-1878), who was solely responsible for the taxonomical and systematic part, and François Pollen (1813-1866), who wrote the part on Les pêches a Madagascar et ses dépendances, which, therefore, was published posthumously. Several species are described as new by Bleeker. Pollen's part includes six unnumbered plates, four of which showing fishing techniques in the region. This we have seen before, but they are not recorded in Landwehr, as they actually belong to the Relation de Voyage, as indicated on the plate headers. Three of these plates are rather foxed. The plates are captioned Pêche des femmes malgaches au Symbou, Pêche au parc de roches à Madagascar, Pêche nocturne à la ligne par les Antancars de la côte N. O. de Madagascar, and Pêche nocturne aux requins sur le point de Galets (Ile de la Réunion). A portrait of M. Antoine Rétout Sen[io]r, "le grand amateur-pêcheur Créole à l'île de la Réunion" is different from one we have seen before, viz., mounted on a printed sheet, and without a facsimile autograph. Both versions, however, were made by C. Bos after a photograph, and printed by P. W. M. Trap. Finally, a map of the island of Mayotte is added. Some light, mostly marginal spotting to the plates (nearly always more heavy in parts on Pollen's voyage); text mostly clean. A very good copy. Rare. Dean, p, 138; Landwehr, 18 (under Bleeker and Pollen); Nissen Schöne Fischbücher, 21; Nissen ZBI, 3215 (under Pollen).
