Thank you for the information, but I am still a bit pussled about this.
Below is how the books by Robert Thorn are presented at nhbs. The original version from 1968 and two editions from 1999 and 2001. Why is there a english title for the 1999 edition from Boubee in France?
Les Salamandres de l'Ancien Monde / The Salamanders from the Old World
Robert Thorn and Jean Raffaëli
Originally published in 1968 and titled Salamanders, this is a thoroughly up-to-date revision containing an accurate outline of all the species and subspecies of the old world. For each species, a map of its geographical distribution is included and several dozen colour plates complement this fine work.
Language: In English and French
448 pages, 16 col plates, 50 figs, 68 dist maps.
Boubee, France
Price GBP 47.00 = 680 kr - 1999 -
Order Code: #123582W Hardback
Les Salamandres d'Europe, d'Asie et d'Afrique du Nord
Description et moeurs de toutes les espèces et sous-espèces d'urodèles de la region paléarctique d'après l'état de 1967.
R Thorn
Still the only guide to salamanders available.
384 pages, b/w plates, illus maps.
Masson, France
Price GBP 67.00 = 965 kr- 1968 -
Order Code: #23507W Paperback
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Les Salamandres de l'Ancien Monde
R Thorn and J Raffaelli
448 pages, col plates, b\w illus, maps.
Chimaira, Germany
Price GBP 73.00 - 2001 -
Order Code: #119835W Paperback
Mattias
