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"CHENU (Dr.). Encyclopaedia of Natural History or a Comprehe…
See original version (French)
33
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"CHENU (Dr.). Encyclopaedia of Natural History or a Comprehe…
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
"CHENU (Dr.). Encyclopaedia of Natural History or a Comprehensive Treatise on this Science. Paris, Marescq et Compagnie, G. Havard, n.d.
5 parts in 3 in-4 volumes, comprising Lepidoptera (day-flying and night-flying butterflies), illustrated with 80 black-and-white plates, reptiles and fish, illustrated with 48 black-and-white plates, and beetles (2 parts out of 3), illustrated with 80 black-and-white plates.
Contemporary red half-shagreen binding, spine with 4 broad decorated raised bands.
(binding scuffed, foxing, one plate detached, inner hinges reinforced, minor repairs to the bindings)
Included:
LACÉPÈDE (Comte de). Natural History comprising cetaceans, oviparous quadrupeds, snakes and fish. Paris, Furne, 1855.
2 in-8 volumes illustrated with numerous colour-enhanced plates.
Brown half-shagreen binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands.
(binding scuffed, some foxing)"
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