Extinct Australian Megafauna: Rare Research with Lithographed Plates

Owen, Richard. Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct…
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Owen, Richard. Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia. London, 1877. Two volumes quarto, with 132 lithographed plates, some folding, some double-page, including large folding linen-backed plate in the text volume, contemporary cloth. A little foxing. An excellent set of this rare work, the finest ever published on the extinct Australian megafauna.

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