Live auction - Lot 776
[Ornithology]
3 illustrated works, 4to or folio, cont. bindings (def., wears...).
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
JONSTON, Jan.- Historia naturalis. De avibus [...] [- De insectis [...],- De serpentibus [...]]. Amsterdam, J.J. Fil. Schipperus, 1657 [- 1665]. 3 works in 1 vol. folio, calf (damaged, large light dampstain, several tears, some large without lack, other strengthened...). Second edition of these works on birds, insects and snakes; illustrated with 2 engr. titles and 102 pl. (62, 28, 12).-- BONNATERRE, P.J.- Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature [...]. Ophiologie. Paris, Panckoucke, 1790, 1 (of 2) vol. 4to, blue paper (light marginal dampstains). 1st ed. of vol. II; illustrated with 177 pl. depicting only birds despite the mention "Ophiologie" on title-page.-- Ornithologie abrégée de la France, contenant les figures & la nomenclature en un grand nombre de langues de 134 espèces d'oiseaux gravées en taille-douce. Neuwied, Société typogr., 1794, 4to, three-quarter sheepskin (sl. worn, marginal dampstains, quires detached). 1st ed. complete with 134 pl. (ms. French captions added).