Alphonse MILNE-EDWARDS
L'Expédition du Talisman faite dans l'Océan Atlantique sous les auspices des Ministres de la Marine et de l'Instruction publique[The Expedition of the Talisman undertaken in the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Ministers of the Navy and Public Instruction]
Gauthier-Villars|Paris 1884|14.5 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition, printed in a small number, of this offprint from the Bulletin hebdomadaire de l'Association scientifique de France of 16 and 23 December 1883.
Slight losses to the corners of the wrappers, a small stain at the head of the upper cover.
Rare offprint providing the report of the scientific mission of the Talisman [1882-1883] directed by Léon Louis Vaillant, whose results were considerable, particularly regarding the ichthyological fauna of the great depths.
Alphonse Milne-Edwards [1835-1900], professor of zoology at the Muséum and member of the Académie des Sciences, was one of the members of the scientific commission of the Talisman expedition.
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