Hartert,E.
From the wandering years of a naturalist. Travels and research in Afr…

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Hartert,E. From the wandering years of a naturalist. Travels and research in Africa, Asia and America, together with related mostly ornithological studies. Aylesbury, Hazell et al. 1901-02. 4°. With 13 plates. XIII p., 1 leaf, 329 pp. New cloth. - Henze II, 464. first edition. - Exceptionally clean copy.

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Flintlock percussion pistol, 90 mm round barrel with muzzle flange and attached inertia block, palm hallmark probably from Saint-Etienne, flat-body action, carved stock with brass fittings, ramrod missing, mechanism to be overhauled, missing, worn, oxidized, LT 210 mm, late 18th century, category D § e.

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