Phénomènes et les Curiosités de la Nature.
by MUNERELLE ( Jean-Baptiste) & LEMAITRE (Augustin François)
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About This Item
Strasbourg: Derivaux, 1856. First edition, folio (283 x 225 mm), [74]pp., 37 coloured plates, some light browning and spotting to text leaves, rebound in cloth-backed boards, original gilt upper cover laid-down. A series of chromolithographs, with descriptive text, depicting the wonders of nature. Includes a section on John Sutter and the gold discoveries in California, natural phenomena such as ??earthquakes,?? floods, typhoons, lightning, moonlight, sandstorms, the Niagara Falls. Gumuchian, 4546.?
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- Forest Books (GB)
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- Title
- Phénomènes et les Curiosités de la Nature.
- Author
- MUNERELLE ( Jean-Baptiste) & LEMAITRE (Augustin François)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Strasbourg: Derivaux, 1856
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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