Lugdunum Batavorum [Leiden], the author, [(1833). REPRINT Tokyo, 1934]. xxx pp. [ Coup d'oeil]; (1842) 59, 28 pp.; 35 [30, 5] lithographed plates [ Mammifères]; (1838) xxi; 80; double-sized map of the world in black, red and blue; 9 b/w plates (turtles) [Roman numerals]; 81-96; 10 b/w plates snakes [Arabic numerals, except VII]; 97-144 saurii et batrachii, 8 b/w plates [Roman numerals], (two plates double-sized). On the Mammals in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (N. Kuroda, 12 pp.); The Fundamental Study of the Herpetology of Japan Described in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (Y. Okada, 8 pp.) Purplish-brown polished half calf over original linen boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-rolled bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges.

One of a limited edition of just 100 copies, being a faithful reproduction of one of the rarest works on Japanese herpetology and mammals. Most copies ended up in university libraries, and quite a few must have been lost during WWII. The original edition was published in very low numbers and is now exceedingly rare. The Discours Préliminaire and the Aperçu Général et Spécifique sur les Mammifères were written by the famous Dutch vertebrate zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), the Fauna Japonica Reptilia by Temminck and the German-Dutch herpetologist and ornithologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884). The complete title of the latter reads; "Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825 - 1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Conjunctis studiis C. J. Temminck et H. Schlegel pro vertebratis atque W. de Haan pro invertebratis elaborata. Reptilia.". In the rear are two additional papers with updates of the taxonomy of the Japanese mammals and herpetology. Provenance: on the front pastedown a pictorial bookplate of the German chemist Waldemar Schwalbe (1882-1943), dated 1937. The spine and corners have been expertly renewed; the boards are original. Cat. BM(NH) Supplement p. 1190 ( Coup-d'oeil); Nissen ZBI, 3848.