Eichwald, Karl Eduard Ivanovich.

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Description

Geognostico-zoologicae per Ingriam marisque Baltici provincias nec non de trilobitis observationes. Kazan: University Press, 1825

4to (240 x 179mm.), 5 lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, contemporary half green morocco, flat spine gilt, title-page lightly browned

Provenance

Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstätt (1817-1852), bookplate (see also lot 166).

Catalogue Note

first edition, from the library of maximilian of eichstätt. This rare study of the paleozoic fauna of the Baltic regions includes the first descriptions of several trilobites species.