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BEAUSSANT LEFÈVRE & Associés

74 - BOITARD (Pierre). *Le Jardin des plantes*.
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Estimate €120 - €150
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BOITARD (Pierre). *Le Jardin des plantes*. Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet, 1842. In-4, 18 x 26 cm, 2 ff., LXVI + 472 pp., frontispiece, 57 plates including one folded, publisher’s binding in burgundy half-shagreen with corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with gilded zoological motifs, gilded edges. First edition. First print run of the extensive illustrations (59 plates) based on works by Girardet, Français, Marville, Traviès and Barye: 4 engraved plates of birds, coloured and gummed; 51 wood-engraved plates of views of the park and animals in the wild; 2 portraits; and a folded map printed in bistre. A fine copy, from the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (dry-stamped on the title page). Waterstains. Sun-faded spine. - Appraised by: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
Ref. : 15251 - 33
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