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Boas and pythons. Breeding and care.
1993 Neptune, T.F.H., 1993 : In-8 Raisin, Cartonnage d'éditeurs. 192 pp., très nombreuses photos couleurs, un guide sur l'élevage des pythons et boas Très bon état, Couv. remarquable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.
Ueber Entwickelungsvorgänge am Vorderende des Embryo von Lacerta agilis.
1883 48 p., 2 folded lithographed pls, paperbound (new covers). Published in: Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.
Das süddeutsche Buntsandsteinbecken.
1929 387 p., 6 figs, paperbound. Ex library Dr. G.A.F. Molengraaff (with his stamp). Mitteilungen und Arbeiten a. d. Geolog.-paläontolog. Institut der Universität Heidelberg. Neue Folge. Scarce.
Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Ergänzungsband. Nomina Herpetofaunae Europaeae. The Vernacular Names of the Herpetofauna of Europe.
S.E., 1992 271 p., hardbound (dust jacket). Crisp new copy.
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam.
1758 xl, 673 p., 1 vignette, 35 (of 36) folded engraved pls, 1 folded table, small 4to, contemporary full marbled calf, spine gilt. Extremities somewhat worn, joint weak. Waterstain in the upper margin of the first few pages (not affecting the text). Plate 22 (depicting caterpillar anatomy) is missing.Published as volume V in the series: Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux des plus célèbres Académies & Sociétés Littéraires Étrangères.... The present volume contains the first French translation of Swammerdam's famous ''Biblia Naturae''. The Biblia Naturae is one of the finest collections of microscopical observations ever produced by one worker. The book is consulted by naturalists to this day, and some of the figures have never been excelled. Although most of the objects studied were insects (depicted on 25 plates), Molluscs were also well represented (depicted on 8 plates), and especially the anatomical research of Helix pomatia and Sepia officinalis are remarkable. A further 3 plates depict the anatomy and stages of the frog.
Snakes of Nyasaland. With new added corrigenda and addenda.
1961 (reprint 1971) xiii, 200 p., 43 figs, 5 pls, cloth. Crisp copy, as new.
Snakes of Nyasaland. With new added corrigenda and addenda.
1961 (reprint 1971) xiii, 200 p., 43 figs, 5 pls, cloth. Crisp copy, as new.
The Conservation Biology of Tortoises.
1989 iv, 202 p., num. figs & maps, 4to, paperbound. Library stamps.
Note on Reptiles and Batrachians collected in various parts of China.
1870 4 p., 1 double-page lithographed plate (of the snake Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus), disbound (no covers). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. Vol. 17.
1997 213 p., 93 figs, 4to, paperbound. This volume contains 9 papers on the deep-sea fishes from New Caledonia.
Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des Hyobranchialskelettes von Salamandra atra Laur. und Triton alpestris Laur..
1909 54 p., 5 figs, 6 (5 double, 1 folded) pls, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.
Edward H. Taylor: Recollections of an Herpetologist.
1975 159 p., 5 figs, frontispiece (portrait), paperbound. Library stamp (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam).
Evolution of the Crocodiles in East and North Africa.
1986 65 p., 25 figs, 6 pls, 4to, paperbound. Cahier de Paléontologie. New copy.
The Rephiberary. Monthly newsletter of the Association for the Study of Reptilia and Amphibia. Nos. 61-62, 64-94, 96, 98-123.
1982-1988 4to, stapled, In issues (a few in b/w later reprinted issues?).
A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-Tropical Australia.
1977 144 p., 32 col. pls, hardbound (dust jacket). Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam).
The care and breeding of captive reptiles.
1980 London, British Herpetological Society, 1980 : In-4 Ecu, Broché. 98 pp., 22 photos N&B et figures in-texte, différents articles sur l'élevage des reptiles en captivité Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.
Reptiles. Breeding, behaviour and veterinary aspects.
1985 124 p., 21 photos N&B, 14 figures et 9 tableaux in-texte, broché. Différents articles sur l'élevage des reptiles en captivité. Très bon état, Couv. remarquable, Dos fané, Intérieur frais.
Estudo da variaçao de Mabuya punctat (Gray, 1839).
1946 56 p., 11 pls, stapled. Somewhat foxed. Published in: Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.We added: Travassos, 1945. Nota sobre o genotipo de Mabuya fitzinger (7 p.).
La Dermatomérie du Lézard.
1917 126 p., 11 figs, 48 photographs, 2 folded pls, paperbound (back cover missing, plates loose). Published in: Archives Néerlandaises de Physiologie de l'Homme et des Animaux.
Europäische Amphibien und Reptilien.
1975 212 p., 10 figs, 135 col. photographs, hardbound (dust jacket). Library stamps.
Monographie der Schweizerischen Echsen.
1837 42 p., 2 (1 folded, 1 partly col.) lithographed pls, paperbound (covers missing). Plates foxed (plate one mostly marginal foxing). One tiny piece of margin of plate one missing and repaired. Small old bookdealer card stuck on lower margin of title-page. Rare.
Of Scientists and Salamanders.
1966 ix, [1], 178 p., 59 figs, col. frontispiece, cloth (dust jacket). Library stamps. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei.
Papuan Hylid Frogs of the Genus Hyla.
1968 203 p., 58 figs, 4 pls, paperbound. Zoologische Verhandelingen. Crisp new copy.
Untersuchungen über die Entwickelung der Mundhöhle und ihrer nächsten Umgebung im Batrachierembryo.
1866 6 p., 1 folded lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Published in: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Scarce.
