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L'histoire naturelle, éclaircie dans une de ses parties prin…
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L'histoire naturelle, éclaircie dans une de ses parties prin…
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Estimate €700 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
L'histoire naturelle, éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l'ornithologie, qui traite des oiseaux de terre, de mer et de rivière, tant de nos climats que des pays étrangers [...]. 4to: xii-[4]-464 pp.; 31 pl. (occ. spotting). - First edition of the posthumous translation by the French naturalist François Salerne (1706-1760), who also extensively augmented Ray's "Synopsis methodica avium" (1713). Ill. with 31 engr. pl. by Martinet, of which the first depicting a falcon hunt bound as front, representing 100 species of birds. - Ref. Anker 414. - Nissen (IVB) 757.
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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