THE COMMON FROG. by Mivart, St. George - 1874.

London:: Macmillan,, 1874.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, and gilt and black illustration on front cover (tear to side of spine, previous owner's name, offsetting to endpapers, but otherwise a clean and appealing vintage copy) . First edition. A slim book which reveals that the "common" frog is not so common after all - instead it is a "animal of peculiarly specialized and perfect organization." Illustrated throughout with small drawings, may anatomical. A title in the Nature Series. 158 pp.