'Brown's acanthophis' [Common death adder] jargon Born in the Netherlands

Born in the Netherlands

Paul Stanley

Sir John Eamer was an eminent wholesale grocer in Wood Street

The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 19

'Brown's acanthophis' [Common death adder] jargon Born in the NetherlandsZoological study of the Common death adder Acanthophis antarcticus native to Australia. Side view of the snake with three details of the head and tail. Plate 3 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder January 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of