Torino, Reale Accademia delle Scienza di Torino, 1840. Large 4to (28.8 x 22.0 cm). 72 pp. Marbled wrappers.

An important contribution to the systematics of reptiles and amphibians by the vertebrate zoologist Charles Lucien [Jules Laurent] Bonaparte (1804-1857), or Carolo Luciano Bonaparte, a nephew of Emperor Napoleon. Bonaparte describes 94 species in 63 genera, 61 subfamilies, 32 families and ten orders, including synonyms, named varieties, localities and distribution, etc. Many new names are included. Published in the academy's Memorie. A very good, clean copy. Rare. Adler I, pp. 29-30.