Rare Herpetology Book List 2021
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(18930) Abbatius, Baldus Angelus. De admirabili Viperae natura et de mirificis ejusdem facultatibus (second edition). Noriberdae, (Nuremberg): Rufus & Sebastiani Heusler, 1603. Second edition. $2,950 More… |
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(19408) Adler, Kraig. Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Volumes 1-3, complete. Ithaca, NY: Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, 2012-2014. First edition. $325 More… |
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(16351) Babcock, Harold L. The Turtles of New England. Boston: Society of Natural History, 1919. First edition. $1,800 More… |
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(18359) Bedriaga, Jacques de. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N.M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen Zoologischer Teil. Band III, Abtheilung 1: Amphibien und Reptilien. Lieferung 1 to 4, complete in four parts. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1898-1912. First edition. $6,500 More… |
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(18938) Berry, John R. Designer-Morphs, Volume One: Ball Python and Boa Constrictor, A Guide to Mutations and Variations. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2010. Second edition. $245 More… |
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(19418) Bonnaterre, Pierre-Joseph. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature: Erpétologie + Ophiologie. Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1789-1790. First edition. $1,350 More… |
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(18918) Bourret, René. Les Batraciens de l'Indochine. Hanoi: Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine, 1942. First edition. $2,400 More… |
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(19415) Bustamente, Joannes. De reptilibus vere animantibus sacrae scripturae, Tomus primus. Alcala de Henares, Spain: ex officina Joannis Graciani, apud viduam, 1595. First edition. $4,500 More… |
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(19133) Cann, John and Sadlier, Ross. Freshwater Turtles of Australia. Rodeo, NM: ECO Wear & Publishing, 2017. First edition. $225 More… |
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(19134) Cann, John and Sadlier, Ross. Freshwater Turtles of Australia (the Deluxe leatherbound edition). Rodeo, NM: ECO Wear & Publishing, 2017. First edition. $425 More… |
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(18928) Charas, Moyse. Nouvelles Experiences sur la Vipere, ou l'on verra une description exacte de toutes ses parties, la source de son venin ses divers effets, et les remedes exquis (the rare first edition, first issue). Paris: L'auteur et Olivier de Varennes, 1669. First edition, first issue. $3,850 More… |
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(16091) De Kay, James E. Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part III: Reptiles and Amphibia + Part IV: Fishes, in 2 volumes, complete (the rare hand-colored plate edition). Albany: W. and A. White and J. Visscher, 1842. First edition. $4,500 More… |
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(18139) Eichwald, Eduardus. Fauna Caspio-Caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis illustravit. Petropoli (=St. Petersburg): Litteris Typographiae Diarii Gall. Politic. Petropoli, 1841. First edition. $13,850 More… |
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(18957) Hnízdo, Jan and Pantchev, Nikola (editors). Medical Care of Turtles and Tortoises: Diagnosis - Therapy - Husbandry – Prevention. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira, 2011. First edition. $300 More… |
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(18929) Hodierna, D. Joannis Baptistae. De Dentis in Vipera Virulenta Anatomia. Palermo: Salernus V.G., 1646. First edition. $2,700 More… |
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(18931) Jacobaeus, Oliger. De Ranis Observationes: accessit Caspari Bartholini th. f. de nervorum usu in motu musculorum epistola. Parisiis: Apud Ludovicum Billaine, 1776. First edition. $2,875 More… |
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(19125) Lotters, Stefan; Jungfer, Karl-Heinz; Henkel, Friedrich Wilhelm; and Schmidt, Wolfgang. Poison Frogs: Biology, Species and Captive Husbandry. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2007. First edition. $250 More… |
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(19006) Okada, Yaichiro. Amphibia and Reptilia of Jehol. Tokyo: Waseda University, 1935. First edition. $600 More… |
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(19396) Pritchard, Peter C. H. The Alligator Snapping Turtle - Biology and Conservation. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Public Museum, 1989. First edition. $120 More… |
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(19141) Pritchard, Peter C.H. The Galapagos Tortoises: Nomenclatural and Survival Status. Lunenburg, MA: Chelonian Research Foundation, 1996. First edition. $125 More… |
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(19395) Sato, Ikio. Tailed Amphibians of Japan. Osaka: Nippon Publishing Company, 1943. First edition. $1,850 More… |
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(19397) Schleich, H. Herman and Kastle, Werner (editors). Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Ruggell, Germany: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag, 2002. First edition. $325 More… |
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(19046) Schreiber, Egid. Herpetologia europaea: Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Amphibien und Reptilien welche bisher in Europa aufgefunden sind + Nachtrag zur zweiten Auflage. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1912 + 1913. Second edition. $150 More… |
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(18945) Schwandt, Hans-Joachim. The Gila Monster, Heloderma suspectum: Natural History, Husbandry and Propagation. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2019. First edition. $150 More… |
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(18983) Taylor, Edward H. The Caecilians of the World. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1968. First edition. $350 More… |