Busk, G. Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Parts I, II and Supplementary Report. 1st. Ed. Pub. under supervision of John Murray. 1884-89
pp.xxiii, [i], 216, 36 plates, fold-out map; viii, 47, 10 plates; 41, 3 plates. Very minor amount of foxing to Supplementary Report, o/w. contents in fine condition. More recently rebound in green cloth closely resembling original binding. Fine condition.
Considered second only to Darwin’s voyage aboard the ‘Beagle’ for its contributions to 19th century science, the voyage of the ‘Challenger’ founded the scientific discipline of oceanography.
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