Das Tierreich. Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Olatyrhachidase, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae.

1937-1940 xxii, 300, xxviii, 487, xxxii, 576 p., 343, 509, 719 figs, paperbound (plain covers as issued). Partly loose, should be rebound. Uncut.Rare complete set of all three Polydesmoidea volumes in ‘’Das Tierreich’’ written by Carl August Graf Attems-Petzenstein (1868-1952). This work is regarded as ‘’the capstone of an illustrious lifetime of accomplishment’’.Ex library of C.A.W. Jeekel (1922-2010) (with his signature), who was one of the foremost specialists on this group after the second world war. We acquired a large part of the Jeekel library including his reprint/separate-collection, only part of this is listed, please inquire!