Author: Mertens, Robert
Title: Die Familie der Warne (Varanidae); Teil 1: Allgemeines, Teil 2: Der Schadel, Teil 3: Taxonomie, complete in 3 parts.
Description: Frankfurt: Senckenberg Museum, 1942. First edition. Pp. 391, 34 full page plates. Original printed gray wrappers, 4to. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 462, 465, and 466. The classic original work on the family of Monitors that includes the Komodo dragon. Part 1 covers the introduction and comparative gross anatomy, part 2 covers comparative cranial anatomy, and Part 3 covers taxonomy and phylogeny. The front wrapper of Part 2 bears the signature of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx; there are no ownership marks on the other two parts. There is uniform browning to the front wrapper and entire text of Part 2, small bump to one outer corner of Part 2; Parts 1 and 3 are bright and clean, a clean set in very good condition..

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