Encyclopedie Dhistoire Naturelle Ou Traite Complet De Cette Science Dapres Les Travaux Des

by Chenu Eugene Desmarest Jean Charles

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First edition

Paris: Marescq et Compagnie; Gustave Havard, n.d. . First Edition. Quarto 29cm . Quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, tooled in gilt on spine, all edges sprinkled brown; marbled endpapers; viii , 312pp; 48 plates. Bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution. Purple stamp of the William H. Floyd Collection to t.p. verso.

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