Published by Maskew Miller / P Davis, 1912. New edition. pp. xvi + 547 + (i); frontis. portrait; photographs. Very good + red cloth gilt covers with gilt snarling snake on the front board and gilt to spine. Internally fine with a folding panoramic frontis. A nice copy.
Second and revised edition of this South African herpetology classic. (SABIB 2, p. 252 ).
Fitzsimons was an authority on the snakes of South Africa and their venoms and gained an international reputation for his pioneer work on the production of anti-snakebite serum
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
