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Strasbourg, Mme Arthus-Bertrand, 1856.. 1 feuillet blanc. 80 feuillets de texte. 20 planches en couleurs. (30x24 Cm). Demi-percaline rouge. Dos lisse. Titre doré. Coins émoussés. Coin supèrieur du deuxième plat abimé. Plats et dos frottés. Déchirures sur certains feuillets. Traces de réparation sur le dernier feuillet. Taches et salissures. Rousseurs. Plusieures serpentes déchirées. Contient seulement 20 / 37 planches. Très belles lithographies rehaussées à la main et sous serpente par le graveur strasbourgeois E. Lemaitre. Les illustrations jouent sur l'expressivité des couleurs et de la mise en scène, parfois dramatique. L'éditeur a choisi de proposer l'explication de phénomènes météorologiques , géologiques, ainsi que des étrangetés terrestres uniques. Notre exemplaire ne contient que 20 planches. Texte imprimé entièrement en bleu.
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Les phénomènes et les curiosités de la nature.
by MUNERELLE (Jean-Baptiste) et LEMAITRE (Augustin François).
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Phénomènes et les Curiosités de la Nature.
by MUNERELLE ( Jean-Baptiste) & LEMAITRE (Augustin François)
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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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Les Phenomenes et les Curiosites de la Nature: (Phenomena and Curiosities of Nature)
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First edition of this rare illustrated introduction to meteorological, geological, terrestrial and marine phenomena aimed at students.The 36 (of 37) dramatic lithographs were drawn and printed by the Strasbourg engraver Emile Lemaitre, handfinished in color and gum arabic.The phenomena include meteorological (sunrise, lightning, the Aurora Borealis, tides and rainbows), geological (mines, gold fields and volcanoes), as well as terrestrial wonders (Mount Vesuvius, Niagara Falls, the Andes mountains, Giant's Causeway, Fingal's cave, the Rhone, etc.) The plates are accompanied by explanatory text printed in blue, detailing historical and scientific information, sometimes referring to the latest inventions and events. The Arctic plate includes Sir John Franklin's 1845 doomed expedition to the North Pole, while the Gold Fields plate describes the California Gold Rush of 1848.List of plates: Sunrise - Thunderstorm - Rainbow - Earthquake - Waterspout - Moonlight - Flood - Avalanche - Simoom - Aurora Borealis…
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