Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine and the other with plain

and the other with plain plates

Publisher New York Botanical Gardens Publisher Place New York Date Published 1900 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Light edge wear to the front wrapper

A treasure-trove of information on the earliest recorded instances of whale harvesting

swans and screamers of the world

Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine and the other with plainPp. 156, 5 full page plates (line drawings), 3 distribution maps, 20 text figures. Early brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This volume is based on Changs Ph. D. dissertation which he completed in 1936 at the University of Paris. This monograph is the first complete study of Chinese salamanders (Adler, volume 2, p. 186). The work is warmly inscribed by the author to American herpetologist to Dr. E. R. Dunn; the inscription is in English.