HOLBROOK, JOHN EDWARDS North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles inhabiting the United States. Philadelphia: J. Dobson 1842. 5 vols., 4to, 286 x 233mm. (11 1/4 x 9 1/8in.), contemporary red half morocco gilt, bindings broken and backstrips defective, perforated library stamp on each title and in blank margin of one text leaf in each volume, ink release stamp on verso of each title, ink stamp on verso of each plate, some foxing, blank edge of plate 27 in vol. 3 defective, some upper margins in vol. 5 with a dampstain. Second edition, 147 hand-colored lithographed plates, errata leaf at end of vol. 5. Bennett, p. 57; McGill/Wood, p. 388; Nissen ZBI 1980; Sabin 32454. Provenance : H.C. Williman, contemporary booklabel -- The John Crerar Library, Chicago, bookplate and stamps. (5)
HOLBROOK, JOHN EDWARDS North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles inhabiting the United States. Philadelphia: J. Dobson 1842. 5 vols., 4to, 286 x 233mm. (11 1/4 x 9 1/8in.), contemporary red half morocco gilt, bindings broken and backstrips defective, perforated library stamp on each title and in blank margin of one text leaf in each volume, ink release stamp on verso of each title, ink stamp on verso of each plate, some foxing, blank edge of plate 27 in vol. 3 defective, some upper margins in vol. 5 with a dampstain. Second edition, 147 hand-colored lithographed plates, errata leaf at end of vol. 5. Bennett, p. 57; McGill/Wood, p. 388; Nissen ZBI 1980; Sabin 32454. Provenance : H.C. Williman, contemporary booklabel -- The John Crerar Library, Chicago, bookplate and stamps. (5)
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