Leighton, G.R. The Life-History of British Lizards. And their local distribution in the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. L. Upcott Gill. [1903]
pp.xiv, 214 with frontis., b/w. photos and figs. plus 20-page publisher’s catalogue and Upcott Gill monogrammed endpapers. 8vo. Signature to title page. Front internal hinge a little tender and cords a little stretched in places. Spotting to contents o/w. fine. Original cloth with gilt motif to front in vg. condition.
Prof. Gerald Rowley Leighton (1868–1953) was a British physician, zoologist and specialist in reptiles. He founded the magazine Field Naturalists Quarterly in 1902. Leighton is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of snake, Psammophis leightoni.
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