The Principles of Classification and a Classification of the Mammals

Pp. xvi, 350.  Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, front wrapper bound in place, lg 8vo.  Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 85.  This is the rare first edition of Simpson’s classic work on a classification of the mammals, both living and extinct.  This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front wrapper and titlepage.