The Snakes of South Africa. Their Venom and the Treatment of Snake Bite

(Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller / Durban: P. Davis & Sons, 1912). Demy 8vo; rebound in blue cloth, with cloth of original gilt pictorial upper cover and of backstrip laid down; pp. xvi + 547 + (i); frontis. portrait; photographs. Cloth somewhat rubbed and dull; trace of old white code to backstrip; moderate foxing throughout; earlier owner's intials on half-title and accession code in pencil crayon on title page; occasional soiling and underlining. Second and revised edition of this South African herpetology classic. (SABIB 2, p. 252) "FitzSimons's deep interest in snakes, first stimulated in Natal, was continued throughout his life. At first he exhibited a few snakes in glass-fronted cases and these live exhibits were continued once the museum was established in Bird Street. In 1918 he founded a snake park which was the first in Africa and second in the world and in 1925 a larger and more elaborate park was constructed, the concept being entirely his. ... As an authority on the snakes of South Africa and their venoms he gained an international reputation and he did pioneer work on the production of anti-snakebite serum." - DSAB III, p. 299 .