H. Hermann Schleich Ordine dei libri

Pp. (4), 630; 63 color photo-plates (each with 3 images), 650+ text-figures and maps. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket featuring a desert scene with a tortoise in the center, lg 8vo. The first guide to the herpetofauna of the northern African region. More than a field guide, this volume contains a complete literature review to all species with extensive coverage of systematics, biology and ecology.