Neue Classification der Reptilien (and) Entwurf einer Systematische Anordnung der Schildkroeten

Pp. vi, (8), 1-66, 22-23, (2), 105-128, (4, ads); some black-and-white photos, one large folding chart. Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with Fitzinger’s signature in gilt on the front cover, 4to. This volume provide facsimile reprints of two of Fitzinger’s papers. An introduction by Robert Mertens provides a background to the life of Fitzinger and to his herpetological contributions. This volume is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front endpaper.