Author: Nikolski, A. M. [Nikolsky, Nikolskii]
Title: Presmykaiushchisi i zemnovodnyia Kavkaza (Herpetologia caucasica).
Description: Tiflis [Tbilisi], Tipografiia kantseliarii Namiestrika E.I.V. na Kavkazie, 1913. 8vo (23.1 x 16.0 cm). 272 pp.; four (groups of) text figures, three lithographed plates of which one in chromolithography. Near contemporary blind half cloth over marbled boards. = Important contribution to the very rich reptile fauna of the Caucasus mountains region, bordering Europe and Asia, by the Russian herpetologist Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolski (1858-1942). Nikolski was particularly interested in in systematics, faunal surveys, zoogeography and life histories (see Adler, who stated "[he] was the leading Russian herpetologist at the turn of the century"). One snake species, and one snake subspecies are new. Well-illustrated. In Russian, but the diagnoses of taxa in Latin. The title is in Russian and in Latin. Uncut. Label with handwritten title on front board; a former owner's name, "H. Erogalev" [?] written in an old hand on the title, next to weak, private library stamp "H. E."; a few annotations in an old hand; paper a bit toned, as usual, a few, isolated spots, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Very rare. Adler I, pp. 68-69. Not in Nissen.

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