Zavattari E (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Mediocre (Poor). BTT43Brossura editorialevolume in discrete condizioni,  segni da scaffalatura agli angoli della copertina, segni di lettura sul dorso, firma di appartenenza sulla copertina e all'interno299 pagine circaCopertina come da foto.

Condition: Very Good. 272, 2 plates. . PB. Owner's name to front wrapper. Some wear to spine. Light marginal foxing. Vg. Text German. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78.

In-4°, pp. 99, brossura editoriale. Tabelle. 5 tavv. f.t., di cui 2 a colori, raffiguranti lucertole, crostacei, ecc., della fauna di Zannone. Bell'esemplare (piccoli restauri al dorso). Italiano.

Roma, Centro Studi Africa Orientale, 1939-1940. In four volumes. Large 8vo (24.9 x 17.6 cm). 2,154 pp. [537, 719, 463, 435]; over 500 text illustrations; 23 [0; 16; 7; 0] plates, mostly coloured, one coloured map and one large, folded map. Uniform original quarter cloth over printed boards. Spines with large, printed labels. = An important scientific expedition to this province in southern Ethiopia, bordering Kenya, divided in several sections, mostly written by its chief editor, Edoardo Zavattari (1883-1972), viz. Condizioni biogeografiche e anthropiche (Volume 1), of anthropological and ethnographical interest, with many photos of people, tools, etc., as well as landscapes, geological observations and general chapters on birds, molluscs, etc.; Raccolte zoologiche, mostly on entomology, with many new species - in particular Coleoptera and Hemiptera - and birds, but also molluscs (including new species), Oligochaeta, ticks, etc. (Volumes 2 and 3; both very nicely illustrated); and Raccolte botaniche (Volume 4; with many page-sized illustrations of plants). First volume with the front hinge partly split near the top end; otherwise in near mint condition, clean and unmarked. Not in Nissen.