Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine lettered and blind-stamped on gilt

lettered and blind-stamped on gilt on the spine and front cover

This book weighs 36 pounds

Many of the engraved plates depict the unusual mammals species encountered as well as the native people Le Vaillant met

’  Many of the text pages are uncut and unopened

light browning to the outer edges of the white cloth boards

Contribution a l’etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine lettered and blind-stamped on giltPp. 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.