LACÉPÈDE, Étienne de Histoire naturelle comprenant les cétacées, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les...
LACÉPÈDE, Étienne de Histoire naturelle comprenant les cétacées, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. Nouvelle édition [...]. Paris Furne 1839 2 vol., 4to; 36 pl. (text n.c., some dispersed spotting not affecting the plates). Contemp. quarter calf, marbled paper over covers, gilt-orn. and blind-st. spine with raised bands (corners bumped, sides and covers shaved, joints starting to split, head and tail sl. restored). Ill. with 36 hand-coloured and partly lacquered plates (protected by tissue guards) figuring cetaceans, snakes, fish and sometimes dramatic scenes (whale fishing, crocodile devouring an African boy, boa smothering a gazelle, etc.). Preceded by an elegy by Cuvier about Lacépède and notes by Desmarest. Vol. 2 completely devoted to fish. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2346.
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LACÉPÈDE, Étienne de Histoire naturelle comprenant les cétacées, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. Nouvelle édition [...]. Paris Furne 1839 2 vol., 4to; 36 pl. (text n.c., some dispersed spotting not affecting the plates). Contemp. quarter calf, marbled paper over covers, gilt-orn. and blind-st. spine with raised bands (corners bumped, sides and covers shaved, joints starting to split, head and tail sl. restored). Ill. with 36 hand-coloured and partly lacquered plates (protected by tissue guards) figuring cetaceans, snakes, fish and sometimes dramatic scenes (whale fishing, crocodile devouring an African boy, boa smothering a gazelle, etc.). Preceded by an elegy by Cuvier about Lacépède and notes by Desmarest. Vol. 2 completely devoted to fish. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2346.
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