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Faune du Calcaire Carbonifere de la Belgique Book V 1st ed 1880, 2 Books
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L G DE KONINCK / Faune du Calcaire Carbonifere de la Belgique Book V 1st Ed 1880
This price is for both Tome V books. One is full of plates, and the other is full of plate information. Tome V (text + plates, 41 pls)
Calcaire Carbonifère de la Belgique (Fauna of the Carboniferous Limestone of Belgium). The full title is Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Tome V, Faune du Calcaire Carbonifère de la Belgique, Deuxième Partie. It is a paleontological work by L.G. de Koninck, published in Brussels by F. Havez, Imprimeur de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. The volume focuses on various genera of cephalopods found in the Carboniferous limestone of Belgium, including Gyroceras, Cyrtoceras, Gomphoceras, Orthoceras, Subclymenia, and Goniatites. The work is part of a series published by the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium.
Author: DE KONINCK, L.G.
Title: Faune du Calcaire Carbonifere de la Belgique (Book V)
Publication: Brussels, Belgium: Hayez, 1880
Description: Softcover. First edition. Two volumes. Folios. Many plates. Text in French.. Very good in thick wrappers with some light soiling and edgewear along the spine of the wraps. Volume I contains primarily plates of seashells on every other recto while volume II contains descriptions of the plates. From the Royal Annals of Natural History of Belgium. Title loosely translates to "Wildlife of the Limestone Fossils of Belgium." Volume II about an inch taller than volume I.