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MIVART, St George Jackson (1827-1900). Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and Foxes: a Monograph of the Canidae. London: R.H. Porter and Dulau & Co., 1890. 4° (255 x 190mm). 45 hand-coloured lithographic plates after J.G. Keulemans, 59 woodcut illustrations. (Occasional very light spotting and soiling, tiny marginal chip to plate III, very small tear to plate V with neat tape repair, tiny marginal tear to plate XVI, plate XXVII with marginal tape reinforcement to verso.) Modern green half morocco, gilt spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine very slightly faded, upper cover very slightly unevenly faded).
FIRST EDITION of the principal work on the subject. Mivart, whom Charles Darwin styled the 'distinguished biologist', was professor of botany and zoology at Kensington Roman Catholic University College in London and occupied the chair of the philosophy of natural history at the University of Louvain, Belgium. Nissen ZBI 2846.
FIRST EDITION of the principal work on the subject. Mivart, whom Charles Darwin styled the 'distinguished biologist', was professor of botany and zoology at Kensington Roman Catholic University College in London and occupied the chair of the philosophy of natural history at the University of Louvain, Belgium. Nissen ZBI 2846.