Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches, ouvrage orne de planches dessinees et gravees par les meilleurs artistes, et dedie a S. A. R. Mademoiselle; par R. P. Lesson

by Rene Primevere Lesson

$2,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1829-1830. First edition. xlvi, 218, 3 pp, text in French. Laid paper text sheets and tissue guards, heavy wove paper plate sheets. Complete with 86 handcolored copperplate engravings numbered 1 - 85 with Plate 48 in two parts , of which 81 depict one or two birds and 5 depict nests or bones. Bound in half black morocco over moire paper-covered boards, raised bands and gilt stamping to spine,

• Binding: Leather

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