Observations sur les Tortues terrestres et paludines de Bassin de la Mediterranee new series

new series

Publisher Chinese Forestry Publishing House Publisher Place Beijing Date Published 2008 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description A fine (new) copy

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8 text-figures

Original printed pale green wrappers

Observations sur les Tortues terrestres et paludines de Bassin de la Mediterranee new seriesPp. 44; 8 full page lithographed plates (some tinted and some hand colored). One half black cloth over marbled boards, with original printed front wrapper attached to the front cover, folio (14. 25 x 11 inches). Archives du Musum DHistoire Naturelle de Lyon, volume 4. An early work on turtles and tortoises of the Mediterranean region with excellent color and tinted plates by physician naturalist and explorer Louis Lortet of Rhone, France. According to