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GÉOGRAPHIE VIVANTE, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume;...

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GÉOGRAPHIE VIVANTE, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume; des animaux divers qui s' y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes. Par., A. Eymery, 1823. (2), ii, 194, (2) pp. W. engr. ti., front. & 30 engr. plates w. 2 charming ills. each. 8°-obl. Or. green printed brds. (Back cover a bit stained). NOTE:Second edition of this charming introduction for the young scholar to the principal nations of the world, by the still unidentified author of the "Bible en estampes" and "Musée de l'Enfance", Mme H***. It contains a brief description of the countries and their languages, customs, culture and fauna. Each plate contains an example of the local peoples in national dress, and a strange and amusing depiction of the local fauna. The first edition was published in 1821, the third in 1826. - Not in Lipperheide, nor in Colas.

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GÉOGRAPHIE VIVANTE, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume; des animaux divers qui s' y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes. Par., A. Eymery, 1823. (2), ii, 194, (2) pp. W. engr. ti., front. & 30 engr. plates w. 2 charming ills. each. 8°-obl. Or. green printed brds. (Back cover a bit stained). NOTE:Second edition of this charming introduction for the young scholar to the principal nations of the world, by the still unidentified author of the "Bible en estampes" and "Musée de l'Enfance", Mme H***. It contains a brief description of the countries and their languages, customs, culture and fauna. Each plate contains an example of the local peoples in national dress, and a strange and amusing depiction of the local fauna. The first edition was published in 1821, the third in 1826. - Not in Lipperheide, nor in Colas.

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