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HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE LAPEPEDE COMPRENANT LES CETACES, LES QUADRUPEDES, OVIPARES, LES SERPENTS ET LES POISSONS
by LACEPEDE, BERNARD GERMAIN DE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Furne et Cie, 1844. Two volumes uniformly-bound. Green cloth covers. Panelled spines with gilt lettering and designs. Previous owner's small book-plate front pastedowns, previous owner's signature top of hal--title pages. Occasional foxing through text, never heavy or obtrusive. Thirty-five hand-coloured full-page plates with tissue-guards. Missing Plate #8, "Le Tete et Le Basilic". This new edition contains an elogy on the author by Cuvier at beginning of Volume 1 and notes by De Desmarest. The first edition of this work was published in 1788-89 as a continuation of Buffon's work, "Histoire Naturelle". 688-648pp. with the list of plates at rear of Volume 2. Lacepepd (1756-1825) was a French naturalist. He was awarded the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honor in 1805. A very clean copy of this important work with beautiful hand-coloured plates. Text is in French. Please see photos. . Nouvelle Edition. 1/2 Green Leather. Light Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Suoer Royal Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015517
- Title
- HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE LAPEPEDE COMPRENANT LES CETACES, LES QUADRUPEDES, OVIPARES, LES SERPENTS ET LES POISSONS
- Author
- LACEPEDE, BERNARD GERMAIN DE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Corner Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jackets
- Edition
- Nouvelle Edition
- Publisher
- Furne et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- Suoer Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Natural History, Fishes, Ichthyology, Snakes, Hand-Coloured Plates , French Language
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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