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150 - [PUJOULX (Jean-Baptiste)]. *Le Livre du second âge, ou Instr…
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[PUJOULX (Jean-Baptiste)]. *Le Livre du second âge, ou Instructions amusantes sur l'histoire naturelle des animaux*. Paris, Debray, Year IX – 1801. One volume, 8vo, in contemporary half-basane. (2) ff., IV, 160 pp. First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece printed in bistre and 12 separate plates printed in sanguine, each containing 6 subjects, making a total of 72 figures of quadrupeds, birds and insects. With: [NOUGARET (P.J.B.)] History of Famous Horses, containing a collection of anecdotes relating to this noble animal (...) Compiled and published by P.J.B.N. Paris, L. Duprat-Duverger, 1810. One in-12 volume, in contemporary half-basane. (3) ff., 304 pp. A rare first edition adorned with an engraved frontispiece. Includes: FRÉVILLE (Anne-François-Joachim de). History of Famous Dogs, interspersed with curious notes on natural history, to encourage a love of reading in young people. Second edition. Paris, Louis, 1808. 2 volumes in one 12mo volume, in period half-basane. IV, 260 pp.; IV, 260 pp. Covers rubbed. Second edition, expanded and illustrated with 9 engraved plates, 3 of which bring together depictions of 22 breeds of dog.
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