The Geographical Distribution of Mammals Witmer on front blank endpaper

Witmer on front blank endpaper of both text volumes

over tan cloth boards

The process for printing aquatint plates

The area covered includes the southern and central Caspian Sea and includes northern Persia (Iran) and the eastern Caucasus region

The fine plates are well executed works of art

The Geographical Distribution of Mammals Witmer on front blank endpaperPp. xvi, 420, color frontis plate of a marsupial and placental mouse, color diagram of geological section of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods, 101 color maps (some are double page). Publishers original blind stamped green cloth with spine lettered in gilt, lg 4to. This is one of the first works to describe the worldwide distribution of mammals. Written just after the publication of Darwin's 'Origin of Species,' this monograph grapples with