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live November 14 | 10:30 AM
Richard Maison de ventes

150 - [PUJOULX (Jean-Baptiste)]. *The Book of the Second Age, or Amusing Instructions on the Natural History of Animals*. Paris, Debray, Year IX—1801. One volume, in-8, in contemporary half-basane. (2) ff., IV, 160 pp.

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€60 - 100

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[PUJOULX (Jean-Baptiste)]. *The Book of the Second Age, or Amusing Instructions on the Natural History of Animals*. Paris, Debray, Year IX—1801. One volume, in-8, in contemporary half-basane. (2) ff., IV, 160 pp. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece printed in bistre and 12 separate plates printed in red chalk, each containing 6 subjects, for a total of 72 figures of quadrupeds, birds, and insects. Includes: [NOUGARET (P.J.B.)] History of Famous Horses, containing a collection of anecdotes relating to this noble animal (...) Compiled and published by P.J.B.N. Paris, L. Duprat-Duverger, 1810. One in-12 volume, in period half-basane. (3) ff., 304 pp. A rare first edition adorned with an engraved frontispiece. Includes: FRÉVILLE (Anne-François-Joachim de). *History of Famous Dogs*, interspersed with curious notes on natural history, to instill a love of reading in young people. Second edition. Paris, Louis, 1808. 2 volumes in one 12mo volume, in period half-basane. IV, 260 pp.; IV, 260 pp. Covers rubbed. Second edition, expanded and illustrated with 9 engraved plates, 3 of which feature depictions of 22 dog breeds.

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Antique and Modern Books: Cataloged Sale
Saturday, November 14
10:30 AM
592, boulevard Albert-Camus
69400 Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

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