Author: Mertens, Robert
Title: The history of the herpetological section of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt A.M. (including a list of types in the Museum).
Description: Baltimore: Natural History Society of Maryland, 1969. First edition. Pp. (2), 48, (2); 12 figures at end of text (all are black-and-white photos). Original pictorial printed wrappers (with Lampropeltis on the front wrapper), 4to. From the series: Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society, volume 5, no. 1. This work is an English translation of a paper in German that Mertens published in 1967; it is the first printing in English. The translation from the German was made by Rozella B. Smith and Hobart M. Smith. From the research library of herpetologist Hobart M. Smith with his name stamp on the front wrapper. Small bumps to two outer corners; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles


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