Snakes and The Snakes of South Africa - Their Venom and the Treatment of Snake Bite. ( 2 Vols )

Published by T. Maskew Miller / P. Davis & Sons. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No date stated, Preface January, 1912. There is gilt on the spine and gilt decoration to the front of the book. Publication of 547 pages. Frontispiece in color. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and edge worn. There are minor marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. 

"FitzSimons's deep interest in snakes, first stimulated in Natal, was continued throughout his life. At first he exhibited a few snakes in glass-fronted cases and these live exhibits were continued once the museum was established in Bird Street. In 1918 he founded a snake park which was the first in Africa and second in the world and in 1925 a larger and more elaborate park was constructed, the concept being entirely his. . As an authority on the snakes of South Africa and their venoms he gained an international reputation and he did pioneer work on the production of anti-snakebite serum."