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PRÉVOST, Florent; LEMAIRE, C.L.

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Paris, F. Savy, [1864]

8vo: [4]-156-XII-32 pp.; 83 pl. (some foxing, very sl. marg. dampstaining, marg. stain to pl. 51).

Contemp. half red shagreen, blind ruled red buckram, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, gilt top edge (sl. rubbed). Slipcase.

Second edition (1st 1836). Illustrated with 83 plates: 81 hand-coloured and 2 b/w figuring instruments for taxidermy. With a chapter "De la chasse et de la préparation des oiseaux" (on hunting and taxidermy) and a catalogue of Savy.
Ref. Nissen (IVB) 540. - Ronsil 2438.