Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine Publisher New York Botanical Gardens

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

light browning to the outer edges of the white cloth boards

swans and screamers of the world

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

and the other with plain plates

Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine Publisher New York Botanical GardensPp. 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.