1896 - 1926 COLLECTION OF 49 OFFPRINTS ON FISHES OF THE WORLD BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF STANFORD UNIVERISTY. 49 offprints 9 1/2 - 11 inches tall, in self or printed wrappers, some with notations on covers, several with age-toning and edgewear, text unmarked, very good. Covers bear the handstamp of Herman Adair Fehlmann or Ernest A. Cachner, both curators at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington. The collection is housed in an archival document box with metal reinforced corners. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES: 1) The history of ichthyol... View More...
