Descrizione

Paris, Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, 1942. Large 4to (32.7 x 25.0 cm). 466pp.; 328 text figs. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom seen, very extensive, detailed, and well-illustrated work on marine cestodes (Platyhelminthes) by the French marine biologist, ichthyologist, parasitologist, and director of the Service des Pêches Coloniales, Robert Philippe F. Dollfus (1887-1976). Dollfus was a son of the malacologist Gustave Frédérique Dollfus (co-author of the famous Les mollusques marins du Rousillon). Published in the Muséum's Archives, sixième series, volume 19. Includes a large bibliography and alphabetical index. Name of former private owner on front wrapper, and the same, plus his small stamp and work places on the first blank; repairs to wrapper edges, otherwise very good, clean.