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BLEEKER (PIETER) Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, vol. 1-4 only in 20 original parts, Amsterdam, Frederic Muller, 1862-1865
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BLEEKER (PIETER)
Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, vol. 1-4 only in 20 original parts, half-titles, 238 chromolithographed plates, 2 uncoloured plates, all after drawings by L. Speigler under the direction of Bleekers, occasional light spotting, loose in publisher's printed wrappers (a few covers detached, loss to some spines, occasional paint splashes), folio (480 x 320mm.), Amsterdam, Frederic Muller, 1862-1865
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A very rare illustrated ichthyological atlas, with only one copy (volumes 1-7 only, Bonhams, 22 November 2011, lot 491) listed on Rare Book Hub.
The Atlas, considered the most splendid work on fishes of the nineteenth century, was the work of Pieter Bleeker, director of the Rijksmusuem van Natuurlikje Histoire at Leiden, who had begun his study on the fish of the Indo-Pacific Ocean in 1845, and brought over 12,000 samples from the East Indian Archipelago to Holland.

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