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LEMAIRE (C. L.) & PRÉVOST (Florent).
See original version (French)
123
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LEMAIRE (C. L.) & PRÉVOST (Florent).
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
LEMAIRE (C. L.) & PRÉVOST (Florent). Natural History of the Birds of Europe. Paris, F. Savy, n.d. [1846–1864].
In-8, illustrated edition comprising 77 (out of 80) engraved and coloured plates, followed by a note on the hunting and preparation of birds, illustrated with 2 black-and-white plates, one of which is a fold-out.
Modern red full cloth binding, smooth spine, black title label.
Scraped Montguyon stamp and Jules Bréau stamp on the title page.
(missing plates 24, 76 and 77; a few foxed leaves; some foxing; restoration to the margins of a few plates and leaves; the first page of the catalogue glued to the endpaper; a small hole where an ex-libris was scraped off on the title page)
See original version (French)
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