Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden volume VIII

volume VIII

Panjab University Publisher Place Chandigarh Date Published 1969 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Top rear outer corner is bumped extending into the volume for 45 pages

geotectonics

some new species are described

Engelmann 1846: 428

Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden volume VIIIPp. viii, 141, (2); 7 hand colored lithographed plates (4 are large folding) after watercolors by Karl Bodmer. Later brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt, 4to (12. 25 x 9. 5 inches; 315 x 245 mm). This work provides a catalogue of reptiles seen on a journey through North America. It presents some of the earliest accounts of North American reptiles especially of turtles (shown in 5 hand colored plates) and salamanders (shown in 2 hand colored plates