Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens (atlas volume only) approximately 9

approximately 9

Volume 1 contains about 221 pages of text

Early fine-weave blue cloth

Publisher Taylor and Francis Publisher Place London Date Published 1912 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description Light wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine

Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens (atlas volume only) approximately 9Pp. (4), 21 full page lithographed plates by W. H. Hoogkamer, three double page maps (with color highlights), one double page table, one quadruple page folding table. Original printed paper covered boards, lettered in black and with an ornate floral design border surrounding the text block, original gray endpapers, lg folio (17 x 13 inches). Hermann Schlegel (1804 1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist who began his career working for