Author: Lachmann, Hermann
Title: Die Reptilien und Amphibien Deutschlands in Wort und Bild. Eine systematische und biologische Bearbeitung der bisher in Deutschland aufgefundenen Kriechtiere und Lurche.
Description: Berlin: Paul Huttig, 1890. First edition. Pp. xi, 229, (2, ads), 6 full page plates (woodcuts), 57 text-figures (woodcuts). Original quarter cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over original marbled boards, lg 8vo. This work has two titles pages; the first is illustrated and lettered in red, the second is the standard title page. The first title page may actually be a front wrapper if the volume was originally issued in wrappers. This work covers the reptiles and amphibians of Germany in both a systematic and biological way. It is illustrated with beautiful and ornate woodcut illustrations. From the library of Louisiana herpetologist Ernest A. Liner with his name-stamp on the front endpaper. Light edge wear to cloth and the outer edges of the marbled boards, text is clean; a tight, very good copy..

Keywords: Herpetology reptiles amphibians Germany Europe Ernest A Liner Lachmann


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