RARE OPERATION IN RUSSIAN "Histoire Naturelle, Règne Animal en image emmêlé et peint semblable à la nature", published by the bookseller V. A. Vitepaz, intended for the education of young people at home, St. Petersburg, and drawn from the studies of a doctor of natural history named Dr. Schubert. The book is in three parts, the first with color plates of MAMMALS and their explanatory pages, dating from 1869. The second part, dating from 1871, includes plates and explanatory pages on birds. The third part, also from 1871, covers marine animals (fish/amphibians), and is incomplete. Covers loose, colors fresh, some plates torn,

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