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Illustrated with a map, delineating the route of histravels and former travels, and with twenty-twocopper plates. This book was originally written inFrench. Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824) was aFrench explorer, naturalist, zoological collector,travel writer, and ornithologist. He is considered thefounder of African ornithology and several Africanbirds have been named after him, for instanceLevaillant's Cisticola and Levaillant's Woodpecker.

Ninon de Lenclos was a French woman who lived from 1616 to 1706. She was known for her free thinking and modern ideas. It tells the story of Ninon's life as a courtesan and her relationship with various men, including Moliere. The book is a fascinating look at a woman who was ahead of hertime and who challenged the traditional roles of women in French society.

An excellent better than very good set, the bindings are clean and firm with just light bumping at the spine tips. with an Ex Libris bookplate printed inside the front cover saying that 'This volume is one of the first issues of this Edition of Jane Austen's Novels.
A complete set (10) of the popular novels of Jane Austen.JM Dent and Company, London1892. Cloth. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson Illustrator William C Cooke. The first edition, with two chapters, numbered 32 in Mansfield Park.