Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie spine decorated with gilt panel

spine decorated with gilt panel lines

Dark green half morocco

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Venomous snakes are a substantial and ecologically important part of the biodiversity of the Middle East and constitute some of the more well-known species in that part of the world

blind-stamped decorations to the front and rear boards

Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie spine decorated with gilt panelPp. xxviii, 70, + 43 fine full page engravings of snakes; pp. xliv, 76 + 26 fine full page engravings of frogs, turtles, crocodiles and lizards. Black simulated leather in snake skin pattern, lettered in yellow on the spine, sm folio (315 x 230 mm). This is the complete work on herpetology from the Tableau Encyclopdique et Mthodique. The 69 engraved plates by Bernard show exceedingly fine detail. Kraig Adler (History of Herpetology, part II, p. 29)