Tentamen Herpetologiae ISBN 0-02-860813-5 Limited Edition

ISBN 0-02-860813-5 Limited Edition

Gray was first published in 3 parts about 1844/1845 and included 22 plates

A special edition limited to 100 copies

Here are each volume’s details: Ornamental Annuals (1844)

Japan Date Published 1931 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description The green cloth binding shows some minor edge wear

Tentamen Herpetologiae ISBN 0-02-860813-5 Limited EditionPp. (i) iv, (1) 72; 2 monochrome foldout copper plate engravings by Jan Wandelaar (unsigned). One half red morocco leather over marbled boards, sm 4to (20 cm width x 26. 7 cm height), bound by Fritz and Trudi of Philadelphia in 1976. This is Kleins best known work to herpetologists because in it he was the first to use the word for their discipline (herpetology, specifically, Herpeta in the nominative case on page 1 and herpetologiae in the objective