Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia From the series: Iowa Geological

From the series: Iowa Geological Society

This first printing is also called the Widow’s Edition as it was completed by John Ray after Willughby’s death with funding provided by his widow

Latham is often known as the "grandfather of Australian ornithology" due to his descriptions of birds collected in Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay published in 1789

A very rare hand-colored map that seldom comes up for sale

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia From the series: Iowa GeologicalPp. 584; 800 photographs (192 in color), 664 distribution maps, some line drawings. Publishers original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and in orange on the front cover, sm 4to. This work was first to identify all 660 species of reptiles and amphibians known from the continent of Australia with extensive keys to all of the species. According to many authorities, it is the most