Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia Sivatherium

Sivatherium

A very rare hand-colored map that seldom comes up for sale

5 x 7 inches)

This first printing is also called the Widow’s Edition as it was completed by John Ray after Willughby’s death with funding provided by his widow

Le Vaillant

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia SivatheriumPp. 584; 800 photographs (192 in color), 664 distribution maps, some line drawings. Publishers original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and in orange on the front cover, sm 4to. This work was first to identify all 660 species of reptiles and amphibians known from the continent of Australia with extensive keys to all of the species. According to many authorities, it is the most