Hawk from Cuba (Cymindis Wilsonii Cassi.) Hand-Colored Plate From the private research collection

From the private research collection of Cornell University herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small bookplate on the verso of the half-title page

Pictorial stiff wrappers

The book is divided in to two parts: Part 1: The Fungus Fruit Body (which provides a thorough introduction to fungal structure and taxonomy)

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Hawk from Cuba (Cymindis Wilsonii Cassi.) Hand-Colored Plate From the private research collectionHand colored lithographic plate, 9. 5 inches wide and 13. 5 inches long. From J. Cassin, Description of a new rapacious Bird in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, series 2, volume 1, plate 7. This article was also published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, April 1847, pp. 199. Publisher Academy of Natural Sciences Publisher Place Philadelphia