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4 volumes : illustrations, plates (part folded) ; 31x25 cm.
"This book consists of a reprint of the papers which appeared between 1849 and 1884 in the publications of the Palontographical and other societies; it was issued from time to time, as a separate work to subscribers, and was finally bound and published as complete."--Owen, R. The life of Richard Owen. London, 1894. v.2, p. 380.
Limited to 170 copies of which this is number cf. volumes 1, 2d prelim. leaf.