Natural History of Canterbury - Issued by the Philosophic Institute of Canterbury - A Series of Articles on the Early History of the Province and on the History of Scientific Investigation, up till 1925, as well as on some Results of this Investigation

Speight, R.; Arnold Wall; R. M. Laing (eds.)

Verlag: Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927

Beschreibung

Previous owner's rubber name stamp. A receipt dated 1950 for this book from Newbold's Bookshop, Dunedin loosely included. ; ix, [1], 299, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 25 plates + 2 folding maps. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 214 x 136mm. Sprinkled page edges. Various contributors including, in addition to the editors, Johannes C. Andersen, Leonard Cockayne, Charles Chilton and others. Contents: Introduction; Biographies of Men of Science belonging to the Province; Early History of Canterbury; Early History of Survey and Exploration; The Mackenzie Country; Geology of the Province; The Canterbury Plains, their Origin and Structure; History of Botanical Research in Canterbury; The Botany of the Canterbury Foot Hills; The Botany of Banks Peninsula; Ecological Botany of the Canterbury Plains; Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora; Mosses, Lichens and Ferns; History of Zoological Research; General Invertebrate Zoology; History of Entomological Investigation; The Native Fishes; Native and Introduced Birds of Canterbury; History of the Acclimatisation of Trout; Forestry - Native and Introduced Timber Trees; Agriculture of the Province; History of the Acclimatisation of Stock. ; 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22644

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Natural History of Canterbury - Issued by ...

Verlag: Simpson & Williams, Christchurch

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.