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18 - NATURAL SCIENCES]
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NATURAL SCIENCES] AUDOUIN, AJASSON DE GRANSAGNE, BORY DE SAINT VINCENT, DRAPIEZ, LAMOUROUX, MILNE EDWARDS, MEYRANX] Cours d’histoire naturelle, Paris, Fournier, 1843 8 small in-8 volumes and one in-4 atlas in full green sheepskin, with double gilt fillet framing on the covers, stamped at the Collège de Royal de Laval, plain spines richly decorated with: Entomology: I: XII, 252 pages, 24 pages; II: VIIJ, 260 pages, 32 pages; Phytography: XVJ, 220 pages, 82 pages; II: VIIJ, 404 pages; Herpetology: 292 pages, 20 pages; Ornithology: XII, 300 pages, 18 pages; Mammalogy: XII, 264 pages, 28 pages; Ichthyology: XII, 304 pages, 16 pages; accompanied by an atlas of 98 sheets, each containing 4 engravings. Handwritten bookplate: ‘Jos. Fel. Ferd. Bayan’. Bookplate pasted onto all volumes
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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