La Défense Contre l’Ophidisme

Pp. 319, 28 full page plates - most in color. Early brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, gray endpapers, lg 8vo. Translated into French by J. Maibon. An early work on anti-venin research; probably the first book on the topic published in South America. From the research library of herpetologist Hobart Smith with his name stamp on the half-title page and his name in gilt at the spine base.