Montpellier, J. Martel Aîné, 1870. 8vo (24.8 x 16.3 cm). 58 pp. Original printed wrappers. Later paper spine cover.

A rare catalogue, being an offprint from the Compte-rendu des travaux du Congrès scioentifique de France, tenu à Montpellier, en décembre 1868(itself quite rare). Written by Jean Wilhelm Alfred Westphal-Castelnau (1831-1906) (son of the collector), and inscribed and dedicatedon the first blank, to "Monsieur Duval-Jouve inspecteur d'académie" by the author. Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810-1883) was a French botanist. Alexandre Westphal (1801-1867) was a consul of the Hanseatic league. Castelnau was his mother's surname. Alfred admitted, in the preface, that his herpetological knowledge was limited, and he thanked the French zoologist Auguste Henri André Duméril (1812-1870), for his assistance. The list includes turtles and tortoises, lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, and salamanders. Uncut. Ex-libris of former owner pasted to inner front board, and small bookseller's label (dated 2010) in the lower margin of the first blank. A very good copy. Cat. BM(NH), p. 2302.