Bittner, A. — Die Brachyuren des Vicentinischen Tertiärgebirges.

Wien, Kaiserlich-Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1875. Large 4to (31.0 x 23.5 cm). 45 pp., five lithographed plates. Later marbled wrappers with printed label pasted on front. = Rare paper on well-preserved Palaeogene crabs with the inclusion of many new genera and species. The large, folded chart gives an overview of the distribution of fossil crabs in Eocene-Oligocene (and probably Miocene) faunas from different European countries, Egypt, and the East Indies. Written by the Austrian palaeontologist and geologist Alexander Bittner (1850-1902). Fossil crustaceans were one of his favorite subjects. Published in the academy's Denkschriften. Uncut. Plates a bit spotted, more so, with damp staining, in the top margin, otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked copy.