The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire lettered in gilt on the

lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover

framing tape on edges of plate

turtles  and other sea creatures

plates and cloth binding are bright and clean

It draws upon a variety of evidence from interrelated disciplines such as anatomy

The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire lettered in gilt on thePp. (2), 215; 29 full page plates (17 plates in color of frogs, 4 plates in black and white photos of tadpoles, 8 plates of anatomical line drawings of frogs), 97 text figures (mostly line drawings). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with the original printed pale green wrappers bound in place, lg 4to (12 x 9 inches). This fine Japanese monograph was first published in the Japanese language in 1930 under the title Monograph of Japanese