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BONNATERRE (abbé). Encyclopaedic and methodical table of the…
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82
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BONNATERRE (abbé). Encyclopaedic and methodical table of the…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
BONNATERRE (abbé).
Encyclopaedic and methodical table of the three kingdoms of nature. Ornithology. Paris, Panckoucke, 1790.
In-4, LXXX pp.
Superb engraved plates devoted to ornithology from L'Encyclopédie méthodique, known as Panckoucke, a monumental work based on the Encyclopédie by Diderot and d'Alembert.
110 copper-engraved plates in black, including 7 plates (pl. 2-8 Verrerie Supp.), 7 double plates (figures inserted in the VIIth volume of the plates of the Encyclopédie) 2 plates signed Bernard (numbered 229 and 230), 18 plates signed Bernard Direxit (pl. 1-19; without pl. 3), 51 plates signed Bernard (pl. 178-228; pl. 188 is bound after 189), 25 plates signed Bernard Direxit (pl. 20-45; without pl. 42).
A good copy.
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