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.Russell, Patrick, 1727-18051796BEIN 1987 Folio 4: imperfect: plates 5-6 wanting.BEIN Folio 523: 49 cm. Imperfect: plate 12 wanting. Armorial bookplate: Arthur Grote. Ms. annotations on plates. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together.Page [1] at end blank.Plates XLII-XLIII on one leaf.text