Freshwater Turtles of Australia Joseph Frank Payne was a

Joseph Frank Payne was a physician and medical historian who was sent to Russia in 1879 by the British government to investigate an epidemic of bubonic plague

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from accounts by many different observers

lettered in gilt on two red morocco labels in two compartments and with gilt designs in four other compartments

Freshwater Turtles of Australia Joseph Frank Payne was aPp. ix, 448; 2000+ color photos and maps, some black and white text figures. Publishers original full black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover and with decorative silver turtles on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket lettered in yellow on the spine and front cover, folio (12. 75 x 9. 5 inches; 32 x 24 cm). An illustrated guide to the diverse and complex freshwater turtles of Australia. Australia is home to a diverse