Collectanea de Trabalhos 1901-1917. (A Collection of 24 scientific papers mostly by Dr. Vital Brazil).

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Sao Paulo 1918. Royal 8vo. Half calf with the orig. printed wrappers bound-in. (iv 496pp.). Fine copy of the first volume of the Butantan Institute which was founded by Vital Brazil and became the first in the world dedicated exclusively to basic and applied toxicology the science of venomous animals. From the library of George Sprague Myers a leading American authority on ichthyology and advisor to the Brazilian Government.