CAP HORN. Ministries of the Navy and Public Instruction Scientific... Lot 25 Bis

[CAP HORN]. Ministries of the Navy and Public Instruction Scientific mission to Cape Horn. 1882-1883. Volume VI : Zoology. First [-third] part. Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1891. 3 volumes large in-4 (261 x 208 mm) of XIV, 32, 341, 62 pp. 3 maps, 23 lithographed plates (8 + 6 + 4 + 5) of which 6 in colors, 1 folding, and 5 doubles for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch, 63, 7, 9, 35, 45, 42, 76, 143 pp. 30 engraved plates (2 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 8, 8a + 9) of which 14 in color for volume II; 2 ff.n.ch., 20, 92, 198, 62 pp. 36 plates (2 + 15 + 13 + 6) for volume III. Beige percale, smooth spine, cover preserved (modern binding). Nissen, ZBI, 4695. First edition. The complete part devoted to the Zoology of this very important mission which took place between 1882 and 1883 within the framework of the first international polar year. The first volume contains details on mammals (by Milne-Edwards), on ornithology (by Oustralet), on fishes (by Vaillant) followed by a study of comparative anatomy (by Gervais). The next volume gives details on research on insects (by Fairmaire, Signoret, and others), on arachnids (by Simon), on crustaceans (by Milne-Edwards), and on mollusks (by Rochebrunet and Mabille). The third and last part is devoted to priapulids (by de Guerne), followed by bryozoans (by Jullien), echinoderms (by Perrier) and protozoans (by Certes). Good copy, complete with the 89 required plates.