Title: Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia Author: Günther, Albert C.L.G. Place: [London] Publisher: [Printed by Taylor & Francis] Date: 1902 Description: xx, 326 pp. With 76 lithographed plates, 12 of them in color. 12¾x9¾, period half cloth & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Rare first edition of this classic work on the herpetology of Central America, with a striking array of plates picturing turtles, lizards, snakes and other scaled creatures. From the library of Howard K. Gloyd, Director of Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences, with his bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Board edges worn; lower corners of the first 75 pages of the text dampstained, else very good. Item number: 151272
Title: Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia Author: Günther, Albert C.L.G. Place: [London] Publisher: [Printed by Taylor & Francis] Date: 1902 Description: xx, 326 pp. With 76 lithographed plates, 12 of them in color. 12¾x9¾, period half cloth & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Rare first edition of this classic work on the herpetology of Central America, with a striking array of plates picturing turtles, lizards, snakes and other scaled creatures. From the library of Howard K. Gloyd, Director of Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences, with his bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Board edges worn; lower corners of the first 75 pages of the text dampstained, else very good. Item number: 151272
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