Herpetology
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Zoological Society of London
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Volume XVI.
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., for the Society, [1901]-1903. Large 4to (31.7 x 25.0 cm). 427 pp.; 38 plates, of which several in fine chromolithography. Contemporary blue half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title.
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Winkler, T. C.
Des tortues fossiles conservées dans le Musée Teyler et dans quelques autres musées. [AND] Deux nouvelles tortues fossiles.
Ha[a]rlem, Loosjes, 1869. 4to (28.3 x 19.1 cm). 151 pp.; 33 folded (several double-folded) tinted lithographed plates. Near contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine [AND] La Haye [Den Haag], Martinus Nijhoff, 1869. 8vo (23.9 x 15.2 cm). 17 pp. Original printed wrappers.
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Williston, S. W.
The University survey of Kansas. Vol. IV. Paleontology. Part 1. Upper Cretaceous.
Topeka, KS, Geological Survey of Kansas, 1898. Large 8vo (26.0 x 19.0 cm). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 594 pp.; 120 plates. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine and gilt vignette on the front board.
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Willis, B. (ed.)
Research in China. In three volumes and atlas. 1(1). Descriptive topography and geology; 1(2). Petrography and zoology; 2. Systematic geology; 3. The Cambrian faunas of China. A report on Ordovician fossils collected in eastern Asia in 1903-04. A report on Upper Paleozoic fossils collected in China 1903-04; [4.] Geographical and geological maps. [Complete].
Washington, DC, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1907-1913. In five parts (four text and plate volumes, one atlas). 4to (29.8 x 24.0 cm). Text; 101 plates, including six chromolithographs of birds, and geological maps; folio atlas (52.7 x 45.0 cm) with 42 mostly coloured geological and topographical maps (some with explanatory text or figures). Original printed wrappers.
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Wilhelm, G. T.
Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Die Amphibien.
Wien, the "Herausgeber", 1818. 8vo (18.1 x 11.1 cm). Frontispiece, [xvi], 328 pp.; 40 hand-coloured plates with 70 images. Contemporary tree-calf resembling paper covered boards. Spine with gilt lines, vignette, and red morocco label with gilt title. Edges dyed yellow.
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Wilhelm, G. T.
Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Die Amphibien.
Wien, privately published, 1809. 8vo (18.4 x 11.1 cm). Engraved title page, [xvi], 328 pp., 40 engraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. The spine with gilt vignettes, gilt patterned foot, red and green morocco labels the red one with gilt title. Patterned endpapers.
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Wied [-Neuwied], [M. A. P. Prinz zu]
Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden.
Dresden, E. Blochmann & Sohn, 1865. 4to (29.8 x 23.2 cm). viii, 141, [ii] pp.; seven hand-coloured plates of reptiles of North America (some folding). Later quarter linen over plain boards. Spine with gilt title.
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