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147 - JAUFFRET (Louis-François). A Visit to the Jardin des Plantes…
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JAUFFRET (Louis-François). A Visit to the Jardin des Plantes, containing a description of the natural history galleries, the greenhouses housing exotic shrubs, and the part of the garden known as the botanical school; with the story of the two elephants and that of the other animals in the national menagerie. Paris, printed by Guilleminet, c. 1800. In-16, 7.5 x 13 cm, VIII + 176 pp., frontispiece, contemporary binding in fawn half-basane, spine decorated with faux raised bands and gilt motifs. Second edition. Frontispiece engraved by Gaucher after Monnet. The 1799 edition includes two plates which do not appear to have been reproduced in this edition and which are not present in the copy held by the Natural History Museum library. A fine copy, from the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (bookplate). – Appraised by: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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