Essay on the physiognomy of serpents
By: by H. Schlegel ; translated by Thos. Stewart Traill
Contributors: Traill, Thomas Stewart, 1781-1862; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, former owner
Publisher: Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co.
Published: 1843
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Anatomy; Snakes
Other titles: On the physiognomy of serpents
Work titles: Essai sur la physionomie des serpens
Notes: Abridged translation of Schlegel's Essai sur la physionomie des serpens (La Haye, 1837).

"Printed by Neill and Company, Edinburgh"--Verso of t.p.

Plates (including map) signed: W.H. Lizars sculpt.

"Corrigenda" on final p.

"Essay on the geographical distribution of ophidians"--P. 195-243.

Includes bibliographical references.

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SCNHRB copy 39088010282747 has stamps on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Feb. 9, 1882, accession no. 124348; S.F. Baird.

SCNHRB copy has later gilt-tooled green half-morocco binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands; marbled endpapers and edges.