Venomous Snakes of Africa / Giftschlangen Afrikas M’William took the expedition to

M’William took the expedition to the open sea over ten days (from Wiki)

Many species new to science are described here

with a large ornate gilt title on the from cover

and with matching marbled endpapers with the original pale green printed wrappers bound in at the rear

The work originally appeared in twelve parts from July 1876 to February 1880

Venomous Snakes of Africa / Giftschlangen Afrikas M’William took the expedition toPp. 148; 470+ color photographs, color endpaper maps, color ad for Chimaira books at end. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 4to. From the series: Terralog, volume 15. Dual language edition in English and German. This volume covers all the venomous snakes of Africa. It portrays about 136 taxa and forms of the families Atractaspidae, Elapidae, and Viperidae. Besides species that are illustrated in color photographs for the first time,