The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire with 280 full page black-and-white

with 280 full page black-and-white photo-plates each with a descriptive leaf of text and numerous text-figures

Germany Date Published 1967 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Light edge wear to boards

in the original printed card slipcase

A truly unique collection

The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire with 280 full page black-and-whitePp. (2), 215; 29 full page plates (17 plates in color of frogs, 4 plates in black and white photos of tadpoles, 8 plates of anatomical line drawings of frogs), 97 text figures (mostly line drawings). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with the original printed pale green wrappers bound in place, lg 4to (12 x 9 inches). This fine Japanese monograph was first published in the Japanese language in 1930 under the title Monograph of Japanese