Zoology - Herpetology Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph A pictorial atlas of the scientific and popular natural history of amphibians in all their main forms. With 200 illustrations on 108 plates. Vienna K. u. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei 1864. 4°. HLdr. with gilt-stamped. R title and R gilt. Personal copy of the important natural scientist Ernst Haeckel, with his owner's note on the title page. - Nissen ZBI, 1390a. - The very rare atlas by the Austrian zoologist Fitzinger (1802-1884). After his work as head of the reptile collection in Lower Austria, he became director of the zoo in the English Garden in Munich. The beautiful plates, strongly chromolithographed by the K. u. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, show lizards, frogs, crocodiles, amphibians, snakes and tortoises. - Foxing, margins slightly browned, plates in rich colours, overall in good condition. Zoology. - Herpetology. - With 200 lithographs on 108 plates. - Personal copy of the most prominent German natural scientist Ernst Haeckel, with his owner's remark on the title page. - Contemporary cloth with gilded back (slightly rubbed and bumped). - Rare. - The very rare amphibian atlas of the Austrian zoologist Fitzinger. The impressive chromolithographic plates are showing saurians, frogs, crocodiles, lurchs, snakes and tortoises. - Foxing, margins lightly browned, colourful plates, overall good copy. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.