Tentamen Herpetologiae The catalogue of fishes at

The catalogue of fishes at the end of the work is of taxonomic importance since it lists all fishes known to Oppian in the 2nd century A

Here are each volume’s details: Ornamental Annuals (1844)

and with gilt emblem of the General Assembly of New Zealand Library on the front board

Publisher’s original light green cloth

This large set weighs 15 lbs

Tentamen Herpetologiae The catalogue of fishes atPp. (i) iv, (1) 72; 2 monochrome foldout copper plate engravings by Jan Wandelaar (unsigned). One half red morocco leather over marbled boards, sm 4to (20 cm width x 26. 7 cm height), bound by Fritz and Trudi of Philadelphia in 1976. This is Kleins best known work to herpetologists because in it he was the first to use the word for their discipline (herpetology, specifically, Herpeta in the nominative case on page 1 and herpetologiae in the objective