Gekkos from Ceylon, TOMUS I, TABULA CVIII a bright and clean set

a bright and clean set in very good condition

who added an appendix and the remaining 15 plates

he had only the small sum of money in his possession

4 of the 419 hand-colored plates show just a hint of marginal foxing

A historically important and scarce title

Gekkos from Ceylon, TOMUS I, TABULA CVIII a bright and clean setHand colored engraving, 21 x 16 inches (platemark) on sheet 25 x 19 inches. TOMUS I, TABULA CVIII, from Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio (1734 1765) by Albertus Seba. Depicts eight gekkos collected in Sri Lanka. Publisher Janssonio Waesbergios, J. Wetstenium, and Gul. Smith Publisher Place Amsterdam Date Published 1734 1765 Date Published Estimated No Edition Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition