Crustacean Issues 8. History of carcinology.

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Truesdale, F. (Ed.)

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Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema, 1993. 8vo (24.7 x 17.2 cm). xii, 401 pp.; numerous text illustrations (several page-sized and labelled as plates). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title on the front board and spine. = A fine collection of 19 scholarly papers by several crustacean experts. Includes works on the development of carcinology in various countries and regions (e.g. Brazil, Portugal, North America, Japan); biographies of important crustaceologists, such as Charles Darwin (the only such paper focussing on his taxonomical works on cirripeds), William Simpson, Georg Osian Sars, Libbie Hyman, an Women's contributions to carcinology; carcinological collections (e.g. in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadewlphia and the Leiden zoological museum, now named Naturalis). A general index concludes the volume. Stamp on front free endpaper recto, half-title and title (not on serial title), otherwise an 'as new' copy.