Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden 10 full page tinted lithographed

10 full page tinted lithographed plates each with a descriptive leaf of text

a German orientalist

This work is complete in 24 parts published separately by subscription

Publisher Her Majesty’s Stationary Office Publisher Place London Date Published 1983 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description A bright copy in fine condition

geotectonics

Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden 10 full page tinted lithographedPp. viii, 141, (2); 7 hand colored lithographed plates (4 are large folding) after watercolors by Karl Bodmer. Later brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt, 4to (12. 25 x 9. 5 inches; 315 x 245 mm). This work provides a catalogue of reptiles seen on a journey through North America. It presents some of the earliest accounts of North American reptiles especially of turtles (shown in 5 hand colored plates) and salamanders (shown in 2 hand colored plates