Augsburg, J. A. Schloßer, 1834. Two parts in two. Small 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm). Title page, 168 pp.; 40 engraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Contemporary near uniform marbled paper boards. Spines with gilt lines and gilt title on leather label, black on text volume, blue on plate volume.

The complete herpetology of a series of natural history works titled "Natural History stories", renowned for its plates, as much as for its texts, if not more so. Written by the German naturalist Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811). This is the complete, final edition. A French edition was published too. Provenance: the name Con[rad] Schefold, written in an old hand on the front free endpaper recto of the text volume; pictorial bookplate of the Swiss zoologist Christian Sigrist mounted on the front pastedowns. Boards with some light age-wear. Minimal spotting, here and there; the plates clean. The colouring is strong and very bright. This "Neue Ausgabe" (new edition) has the text more condensed and in a smaller typeface, than the first edition, hence there are fewer text pages. A French edition was published too. The colouring is strong and very bright. Nissen ZBI 4408.