Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum. (With figures of some of the new species.).

London:: John Van Voorst, 1866., 1866. 4to. iv, 17, [1] pp. 16 lithographic plates. Rubber-stamp on title, some darkening of extremities, "introduction" leaf mounted on tab. Recent quarter plain cloth, boards. Very good. Gray writes in his introduction that the plates for this work were actually prepared circa 1840-47, "containing figures of all the genera and of most of the species of this class." His reason for the delay in producing the work was that Professor Agassiz had wished for his assistance in forming part of his Monograph of Radiated Animals. / John Edward Gray, FRS, was a British zoologist. During his 50 years employed at the British Museum, (truncated) Gray wrote nearly 500 papers, including many descriptions of species new to science. These had been presented to the museum by collectors from around the world, and included all branches of zoology, although Gray usually left the descriptions of new birds to his younger brother and colleague George. Gray was also active in malacology, the study of mollusks. (Inventory #: S14272)