[Snakes]. MARTIN, CJ C JBiblio.com
On the Physiological Action of the Venom of the Australian Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus. Contained in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 1895 Volume 29
Best.-Nr. 98854First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo 133 pages being pages 146-277 in over 600 pages. Cloth lightly flecked; leading edges lightly foxed; endpapers offset and foxed; an excellent copy. Offered together with a copy of the Journal and Proceedings . for 1892 Volume 26 in similar condition containing a related article by the same author: The Venom of the Australian Black Snake 25 pages plus an illustration. These volumes also contains other lengthy interesting and important articles and would suit any budding polymath. The range includes HARGRAVE Lawrence: Paper on Aeronautical Works 8 pages plus 9 plates most of them folding and another on 'Flying Machine Work' 6 pages; DAVID T.W.E.: Notes on Antarctic Rocks collected by Mr C.E. Borchgrevink 31 pages plus a plate; ALLAN Percy: Timber Bridge Construction in New South Wales 19 pages plus 8 plates most of them folding; FRASER John: Some Folk-Songs and Myths from Samoa 38 pages in one volume 28 pages in the other; HAMILTON Alex: On the Effect which Settlement in Australia has produced upon Indigenous Vegetation 63 pages; and other articles on the languages of Ponape and Hawaii Oceanic languages and observations on Shell-heaps and Shell-beds. 2 volumes. hardcover
