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70 - BONNATERRE (Abbé). Encyclopedic and Methodical Survey of the Three Kingdoms of Nature. Cetology—Herpetology. Paris, Panckoucke, 1789. One volume, in-4, in modern brown half-calf.
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BONNATERRE (Abbé). Encyclopedic and Methodical Survey of the Three Kingdoms of Nature. Cetology—Herpetology. Paris, Panckoucke, 1789. One volume, in-4, in modern brown half-calf. This copy contains 67 single plates and 6 double plates engraved after Bénard, most of which were later colored and distributed as follows: 1/ Cetaceans: 10 single plates and 2 double plates. 2/ Reptiles: 25 single plates (frogs: 7 plates; turtles: 6 plates; crocodiles, lizards, salamanders, etc.: 12 plates (out of 13)). 3/ Snakes: 32 single plates and 4 double plates.
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