Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie edited by Caspar and Jean

edited by Caspar and Jean Bauhin

blind-stamped decorations to the front and rear boards

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From the research collection of Donald T

This monograph presents the fauna excavated from Palegawra Cave

Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie edited by Caspar and JeanPp. xxviii, 70, + 43 fine full page engravings of snakes; pp. xliv, 76 + 26 fine full page engravings of frogs, turtles, crocodiles and lizards. Black simulated leather in snake skin pattern, lettered in yellow on the spine, sm folio (315 x 230 mm). This is the complete work on herpetology from the Tableau Encyclopdique et Mthodique. The 69 engraved plates by Bernard show exceedingly fine detail. Kraig Adler (History of Herpetology, part II, p. 29)