SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA - VIVIAN F.M. FITZSIMONS (1962) - INSCRIBED TO N.J. VAN WARMELO

FIRST EDITION, PURNELL & SONS, CAPE TOWN, 1962.

PUBLISHER'S OCHRE CLOTH BINDING WITH GILT TITLES TO SPINE. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. HOUSED IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SLIPCASE.

423PP. ILLUSTRATED + 76 COLOUR PLATES BY P. J. SMIT.

BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION WITH SOLID BINDING AND CLEAN PAGES. DUST JACKET IN FAIR CONDITION ONLY AS THERE IS SOME LOSS AT THE SPINE ENDS.

INSCRIBED BY FITZSIMONS ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER TO NICOLAAS JACOBUS VAN WARMELO, WHO WAS THE GOVERNMENT ETHNOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS WORKS ON THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH AFRICA. VAN WARMELO WAS ALSO A COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUARIAN AFRICANA.

HERPETOLOGY. THE WORK DEALS COMPREHENSIVELY WITH THE 137 DIFFERENT SNAKES FOUND SOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI TO THE CUNENE RIVERS. LOCALITIES ARE LISTED AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IS SHOWN BY 78 SPECIAL MAPS.