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72 - BERNARD (Pierre), Louis COUAILHAC, Paul GERVAIS & Emmanuel L…
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BERNARD (Pierre), Louis COUAILHAC, Paul GERVAIS & Emmanuel LEMAOUT. Le Jardin des plantes. A comprehensive, historical and picturesque description of the Natural History Museum, the menagerie… Paris, L. Curmer, 1842–1843. 2 volumes in-8, 17 x 25.5 cm, 4 ff., XXIV + 416 pp., frontispiece and 4 plates & 126 plates and a double-page plan, one of which is folded, contemporary half-shagreen binding in long-grained burgundy, smooth spines decorated with gilt motifs, cover preserved. First edition. First print run of this major illustrated work (132 plates and nearly 600 sketches in the text) based on works by Gavarni, Harvey, Jacque, Daumier, Delacroix, Grandville and Daubigny: 12 engraved plates of flowers and birds, coloured and gummed; 105 wood-engraved plates of animals and human figures; 10 views of the garden; 3 portraits; an allegorical frontispiece; and a map. A very fine copy, from the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (dry-stamped on the cover, the title page and one plate). A few foxing spots in the text volume. Spine sun-faded. - Expert: 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
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