Rare translation of a rare original
Calmette, [L. C.] A.
Venoms. Venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics. Translated by Ernest E. Austen, F.Z.S.
Published
1908
Item ID
78313
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New York, NY, William Wood, 1908. Large 8vo (22.4 x 17.3 cm). Title page, xvi, 403 pp.; 125 fine text illustrations. Original burgundy buckram. Spine with gilt bands and title; front board with gilt title. Bevelled edges.
Written by the French doctor Léon Charles Albert Calmette (1863-1933), founder of antivenomous serotherapy, and profusely illustrated. Many illustrations show species of venomous snakes, and in particular their heads, and skulls. "Dept. of Physiology" written in and old hand on the front pastedown. A fine copy. Quite rare, especially in such pristine condition. Adler 2, pp. 121-122.
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