Buy this book on-line Bleeker : Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. Publie sous les auspices du Gouvernement Colonial Neerlandais
F. Muller, Amsterdam, 1862-1865
Plates are loose in elaborate shell boxed recent quarter calf with matching marbled boards. 5 raised bands in 6 compartments. Elaborate gilt design and lettering on the spine. , Edges tinted red. A fine, handsome set.
Unintrusive embossed library stamp on text title pages on a few of the plates., Folio (291mm x 452mm) , Illustrated with 313 fine lithographic color plates, all finished by hand with traces of Gum- Arabic. Plates are all clean and crisp., Volume : 2 volumes of text and 3;
An excellent series of ichthyological prints, the most important work on the fish of the Indo-Pacific ocean. This monumental project took 18 years for Bleeker to present the work. The fine vibrant plates are drawn by L. Speigler and lithographed by C.W. Meiling, Ernik & Binger.
The composition of the volumes is as follows: Vol.1 Labroideri, Scaroidei and Silur; Vol 2: Cyprin, Mur, and Antenn; Volume 3: Ostrac, Gymnod, Clup, Scombresoc, Balist, Pleuron and Perc.
Pieter Bleeker , (1819 – 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877.
He was employed as a medical officer in the Dutch East Indian Army from 1842 to 1860, stationed in Indonesia. During that time, he did most of his ichthyology work, besides his duties in the army. Many of his specimens he got from local fishermen, but he also built up an extended network of contacts who would send him specimens from various government outposts throughout the islands.
During his time in Indonesia, he collected well over 12000 specimens, many of which are today at the Natural History Museum in Leiden.
, Junk, Rara 140; Nissen ZBI, 409.
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