BENEDEN, P.J. v. Description des ossements fossiles des environs d’Anvers. 4me partie (planches). Cétacés genre: Plesiocetus. Brux., F. Hayez (Musée royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique), 1885. W. 30 lithogr. plates. Lge-fol-obl. Or. printed brds. (Joint split at the bottom, spine a bit worn, upper hinge broken, half ti. & ti. detached, very light foxing, mainly to the explanatory leaves, the plates much cleaner).
This atlas, complete for the genus Plesiocetus, forms part of a larger work on fossil whales from the Northsea Basin, consisting of five text volumes and atlases in total. The text is not present. Some plates are double-sized and truly magnificent. Published in the museum’s Annales, this part being Tome IX (planches). Rare in any state. - Nissen ZBI, 308.€ 180