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an old book with a drawing of two monkeys hanging from a treethree books are lined up in a row on a white surfacean old book that is sitting on a tabletwo illustrations of turtles on the page of a booka picture of a snake that is in the junglea fish that is laying on the ground by the watera picture of a painting of a boat in the oceanan old book with a drawing of a monkey on it ' s covera drawing of a monkey standing on a tree branch
Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

104 - [NATURAL HISTORY] – Set of 3 volumes – LACÉPÈDE – Lacépède’s…
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Estimate €70 - €90
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[NATURAL HISTORY] – Set of 3 volumes – LACÉPÈDE – Lacépède’s Natural History, comprising cetaceans, oviparous quadrupeds, snakes and fish – Paris; Furne et Cie, 1855 – 2 volumes, large 8vo – A few faint, scattered foxing spots; one leaf partially torn but with no pages missing in Volume I – Text in two columns - 36 hand-coloured and gummed plates, produced at the time after Traviès - Contemporary green half-shagreen binding (small partial tears at the joints) - Spine (retouched) with small decorated raised bands, title and volume number in gold (caps rubbed) – Edges gilt – CHENU (Doctor) – Encyclopaedia of Natural History or a Comprehensive Treatise on this Science […] Quadrumanes – Paris; Maresq et Cie, Gustave Havard, [c. 1860] – 1 volume, In-4° – Engraved frontispiece, vignette on the title page, 234 illustrations in the text and 39 plates of monkeys as inserts – Contemporary brown half-basane binding (one corner damaged on the back cover) – Plain spine with gold decoration and title in gold.
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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 9:30 AM
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