Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden Publisher Her Majesty’s Stationary Office

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

“On his arrival at the Cape on January10

a German orientalist

volume VIII

geotectonics

Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden Publisher Her Majesty’s Stationary OfficePp. 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