1st Edition 188 pp., 7 engraved plates; 28cm Leinen

Zustand: jüngerer Leineneinband, signiert auf der Titelseite, Ecke mit Widmungsname ist abgerissen, zweite Seite mit ausgebessertem Einriss. Durchgängig etwas fleckig, breiter Rand [New gray buckram lettered in gilt on the spine. Top for-corner of the title page, bears a signed inscription by the author with the name of the recipient torn away. Light foxing toward the front and rear. Tape repair to top margins of the second leaf. Otherwise very good condition] --- Inhalt: französischer Text. Seven full-page, multiple figure plates. Perrier was a leading French zoologist, writer of science for the polupar audience, and a proponent of the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics. He had his early eduation at Tulle, where he was born, and wnt on to study mathematics and physics at the École Normal Superior in Paris. He held several positoins in natural history museums, and participated in oceanographic expeditions. He was particularly interested in animlas which were able to reproduce by division. In the present work, his doctoral dissertation, he studies the organs of locomotion in two types of echinodermata, marine animals of the starfish type. The introduction provides a brief overview of previous studies in this field of biology. The plates exhibit organs of species under study. The work was based on collections at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. KK-PS22-3 No shipping to the USA, the post office has suspended shipping due to customs issues.

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