MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 04182cam a22005777i 4500
001 2015304934
003 DLC
005 20151106085231.0
008 150722t20142014nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a9781454913412$q(boxed paperback + plates)
020 $a145491341X$q(boxed paperback + plates)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn894543425
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050 00 $aQL122$b.S75 2014
050 14 $aGC29$b.S75 2014
082 04 $a551.4609$223
100 1 $aStiassny, Melanie L. J.,$eauthor,$ecompiler.
245 10 $aNatural histories.$pOpulent oceans :$bextraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library /$cby Melanie L.J. Stiassny, PhD.
246 30 $aOpulent oceans :$bextraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
246 30 $aExtraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
264 1 $aNew York :$bSterling Signature,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axi, 163 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c28 cm +$e40 leaves of plates (chiefly color ; 28 x 22 cm)
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIn case, 31 x 24 x 4 cm.
500 $aAt head of title: American Museum of Natural History.
500 $aSecond subtitle on case: Essays & plates.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 162) and index.
505 0 $aForeword / by Ellen V. Futter -- Preface / by Tom Baione -- Introduction / by Melanie L.J. Stiassny, PhD -- Book conservation / by Barbara Rhodes -- Debunking the dolphin myth -- Mediterranean mystery : hammerhead sharks -- Life of the living fossils -- Catesby's crabs -- Discovering the facts about fossils -- Knorr's curious cabinets and corals -- Flexibility of brittle stars -- The painter's Nautilus -- The turtles of North America and the Bahamas -- Identifying the unknown fishes of India -- The perilous expedition to Australia's coastline -- Lesson learned : box and comb jellies -- Quoy and Gaimard's Oceania -- Popularizing natural history for everyone -- Signifiers of the sea snake -- D'Orbigny's stunning starfish and sea hare -- Shortfin mako : swiftest shark in the sea -- Smoking cone snails -- Schlegel's guide to amphibians -- The gentleman phycologist -- Darwin's "beloved barnacles" -- Schinz's seahorse -- Anemones and aquariums -- Precious red coral -- The sponges of the Caribbean -- D'Orbigny's decapods -- The mollusks of Japan -- McIntosh's Monograph of marine worms -- The hunter's love for the hunted -- Haeckel : artist, zoologist, and evolutionist -- A pioneer in conservation -- The golden age of copepodology -- The enigmatic nemertean worms -- The success of the Valdivia -- Scyphozoans : the only true jellies -- The bold and beautiful lionfish -- MacFarland's sea slugs -- Petrels : bird life at sea -- Deeply studied deep-sea fish -- The vampire squid from hell.
650 0 $aMarine animals$vPictorial works$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aMarine biology$vPictorial works$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aOceanography$xHistory.
650 0 $aOceanographers$vBiography.
650 0 $aNaturalists$vBiography.
650 0 $aNatural history illustration$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aMarine animals in art$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aRare books$vBibliography$vCatalogs.
610 20 $aAmerican Museum of Natural History.$bLibrary$vCatalogs.
650 7 $aOceanography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01043671
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
710 2 $aAmerican Museum of Natural History.$bLibrary,$eissuing body.
710 2 $aAmerican Museum of Natural History,$eissuing body.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015304934-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015304934-d.html