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Biology - Perrault, Claude; Charras, Moyse; Dodart, Denis. Messrs. Perrault, Charras and Dodart's treatises on the natural history of animals and plants; which were formerly presented to the Royal French Acad. Acad. of Sciences. With accompanying engravings drawn from life. Translated from the French (by Johann Joachim Schwabe). 3 volumes. With engraved frontispiece and 137 mostly folded copper plates by Claude Duflos. Leipzig, Arkstee and Merkus, 1757-58. 24.5 x 20 cm. Marbled paper boards of the period with handwritten label on spine (somewhat rubbed, spine and joints partly with cover defects). First and only German edition. - Nissen, BBI 552 and ZBI 3128 - Plates 44 and 45 loose. - 99 of the finely engraved plates show mostly exotic animals, 38 plates with depictions of rare plants. - Old name entry on inside cover. Slightly stained. Quite fresh inside, the plates clean and in strong impressions. VAT: *
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Biology - Perrault, Claude; Charras, Moyse; Dodart, Denis. Messrs. Perrault, Charras and Dodart's treatises on the natural history of animals and plants; which were formerly presented to the Royal French Acad. Acad. of Sciences. With accompanying engravings drawn from life. Translated from the French (by Johann Joachim Schwabe). 3 volumes. With engraved frontispiece and 137 mostly folded copper plates by Claude Duflos. Leipzig, Arkstee and Merkus, 1757-58. 24.5 x 20 cm. Marbled paper boards of the period with handwritten label on spine (somewhat rubbed, spine and joints partly with cover defects). First and only German edition. - Nissen, BBI 552 and ZBI 3128 - Plates 44 and 45 loose. - 99 of the finely engraved plates show mostly exotic animals, 38 plates with depictions of rare plants. - Old name entry on inside cover. Slightly stained. Quite fresh inside, the plates clean and in strong impressions. VAT: *
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