Frogs of Colombia 50 monochrome lithograph plates

50 monochrome lithograph plates

9 full page lithographic plates mostly of fossil shells

The 10-volume opus was not released commercially but given only on a complimentary basis to selected individuals and distributed primarily in Venezuela

It is endemic to the Balearic Island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea (from Wiki)

Publisher Oxford University Press Publisher Place New York Date Published 1979 Date Published Estimated No Edition Second printing Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description A fine copy in a fine dustjacket

Frogs of Colombia 50 monochrome lithograph platesPp. xii, 655, 68 full page black and white photo plates, 55 text figures (line drawings) and maps. Original printed gray and red wrappers, lettered in red and white on cover and spine, lg 8vo. United States National Museum Bulletin 288. An exhaustive treatise many years in the making. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the titlepage. Neat underlining on pages 365, 367, and 368. Publisher