An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel : containing descriptions and drawings of each species, together with experiments and remarks on their several poisons / by Patrick Russell

"Presented to the Hon. the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and published by their order, under the superintendence of the author." Pagination: v. [1]: viii, 91 p., plates I-XLVI [i.e. 45] plates (plates XLII-XLIII on 1 leaf); v. [2]: v, 53, [4] p., plates I-XLII (plates III-IV, XVII/XVIII and XXVIII/XXIX each on 1 leaf) plus 3 unnumbered plates. Vol. [2] has title: A continuation of an account of Indian serpents : containing descriptions and figures, from specimens and drawings, transmitted from various parts of India. Date on t.p. is 1801, but vol. includes material dated 1809. Vol. [2] includes: Memoir of the life and writings of Patrick Russell, dated Nov. 1809 with statement: "The fourth fasciculus, which completes the second volume ... is now presented to the public." (p. [ix]-xv) Also available online. SCNHRB copy (v. 1: 39088013477252; v. 2: 39088013477294) has "Memoir of the life and writings of Patrick Russell", p. [ix]-xv, bound in vol. [1] following p. [4] of 1st paging group and before the Preface. "Experiments and remarks on the poisons of several Indian serpents", p. [50]-91, bound following the plates in vol. [1]. SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of titles pages: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jun 18 1908 [ms. acc. no.] 201738. SCNHRB copy has pencilled additional names of specimens at bottom of each plate. Plates are uncolored in this copy. SCNHRB copy three-quarters bound in recent brown leather and marbled boards, title in gilt on spine. Elecresource