An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 4 vols.

Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1836 – 1840.

The greatest American book on herpetology, and one of the finest American color plate books on natural history. The fourth volume is particularly rare. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.  In 1842 Holbrook issued an expanded second edition in 5 vols.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , ZOOLOGY › Herpetology, ZOOLOGY › Illustration
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