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Cuvier, Brongniart, Jussieu, Lacépède.
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196
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Cuvier, Brongniart, Jussieu, Lacépède.
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €850
Voluntary lot
Description
Cuvier, Brongniart, Jussieu, Lacépède. - Dictionary of natural sciences... The atlas part alone consists of 5 in-8 volumes in hardback, with 723 plates, mostly in colour, drawn by Turpin or Prêtre and engraved by Bessin, Boquet, Calais, Carnonkel, Coignet, Coutant, David, Dien, Forestier, Gabriel, Gelée, Giraud, Guyard, Joyeau, Legrand, Lemaire, Louvier, Massard, Nargeot, Plée, Prudhon, Schmelz, Six Deniers, Turcaty, Victor... The work was published from 1816 to 1830 and comprised 61 volumes of text and 11 atlases with 1220 plates. Our copy is therefore incomplete of the text and 497 plates. Bright colours, scattered foxing at the edges. The thematic distribution is as follows: T 1, 2, 3: Botany 469 pll. - T 5, Conchyliology (93), Erpetology (1) - T 7 : Zoology including, Actinozoa (37) , Amorphozoa (4), Infusoria (1), Apoda (3), Entomozoa (18), Malentozoa (4), Malacozoa (11), Aporobranchia (1), Radiaria (1), Phytozoa (2), Prentomozoa (1), Chetopoda (26), Pulmobranchia (1), Malacology (8), Stony polyps (10), Molluscs (1), Polypiaria (8), Mineralogy 7 pll., Crystallization, 16 pll. in black
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Ref. : 90940 - 26
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