Bernard-Germain de Lacépède,Livre Rare Book
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Best.-Nr. 012859Bernard-Germain de Lacépède, Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpents. Paris, P. Didot et Firmin Didot, an VII-1799. 4 volumes in-18, front.-379p, 416p, 350p & 386p et 49 planches hors-texte. Nouvelle édition de cet important ouvrage publié la première fois en 1788-1789. Quand Lacépède publie cet ouvrage, c'est le premier ouvrage d'envergure sur les amphibiens et les reptiles destiné au grand public. Ouvrage complet des 50 planches dont le portrait de Lacépède en frontispice et les 49 planches hors-texte finement aquarellées (et souvent sous serpente). 12 planches au tome I, 15 au II, 6 au III et 16 au IV. Les gravures sont habituellement laissées en noir, les exemplaires aquarellés semblent rares. Cette nouvelle édition faisait partie de l'importante édition de « L'histoire naturelle de Buffon, nouvelle édition, revue et continue par M.Lacépède », en 74 volumes. La publicité au dos du faux-titre du tome 1 indique d'ailleurs qu'il était possible d'acquérir chaque partie séparément, la notre en 4 volumes étant la plus petite. Pleine basane marbrée, dos orné, pièces de titre et tomaison maroquin, roulette encadrant les plats, tranches marbrées. 3 coiffes avec petit manque, usures aux coins, deux volumes avec petits manques près des coupes. Quelques rousseurs. Très bel exemplaire aux gravures aquarellées.
1832Best.-Nr. 24634Paris F.D. Pillot 1832 13 volumes in-8, demi-box vert, plats de papier marbr bleu, dos sans nerfs orns de fers et filets dors, doublures et gardes de papier marbr, non rogns, couvertures imprimes.Nouvelle dition, illustre du portrait-frontispice de l'auteur et d'environ 400 figures, excutes par les meilleurs artistes.
1788Best.-Nr. 47371Paris. 1788-1789. All Manner of Reptiles "One of the earliest treatises on natural history by this associate of Buffon" - Wood. Lacepede planned his work after assisting Buffon in his famous Histoire Naturelle. This work covers reptiles and a later work concerned itself with fishes. Lacepede always retained a love of an elegant and elevated style characteristic of Buffon's work but after his death in 1789 Lacepede increasingly came under the influence of Daubenton. The treatise is illustrated with sixty-three full page engravings showing lizards turtles frogs and snakes. A distinguishing feature of Lacepede's work is the large folding tables containing classifying orders according to the Linnaean system of nomenclature. Since he believed the classification system to be artificial and not natural he often invented taxa for which no species existed in order to ensure symmetry in his tables. Thick quarto. Contemporary patterned calf spines gilt leather labels. Head and foot of spines chipped corners lightly bumped hinges tender. Minor scattered foxing. Table in front of first volume torn in gutter margin. Very good. WOOD 424. NISSEN ZBI 2346. hardcover
1788Best.-Nr. 47371Paris. 1788-1789. All Manner of Reptiles "One of the earliest treatises on natural history by this associate of Buffon" - Wood. Lacepede planned his work after assisting Buffon in his famous Histoire Naturelle. This work covers reptiles and a later work concerned itself with fishes. Lacepede always retained a love of an elegant and elevated style characteristic of Buffon's work but after his death in 1789 Lacepede increasingly came under the influence of Daubenton. The treatise is illustrated with sixty-three full page engravings showing lizards turtles frogs and snakes. A distinguishing feature of Lacepede's work is the large folding tables containing classifying orders according to the Linnaean system of nomenclature. Since he believed the classification system to be artificial and not natural he often invented taxa for which no species existed in order to ensure symmetry in his tables. Thick quarto. Contemporary patterned calf spines gilt leather labels. Head and foot of spines chipped corners lightly bumped hinges tender. Minor scattered foxing. Table in front of first volume torn in gutter margin. Very good. WOOD 424. NISSEN ZBI 2346. hardcover books
1781Best.-Nr. 033747Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur 1781. ".Par M. le Comte de La Cepede Colonel au Cercle de Westphalie; des Academies et Societes royales de Dijon Rome Stockholm Hesse-Hombourg Munich etc". Edizione originale. Opera in due tomi di VI-375 389-2 pagine; segnatura A-Z8 Aa4 tomo 1 A-Aa8 Bb4 tomo 2. Legatura in piena pelle con dorso a nervi riquadro con tassello di titolo sbiadito e non leggibile tagli marmorizzati. Dimensioni: 14x20 cm. Usure ai margini dei piatti difetti alle cuffie fenditura di circa 3 cm. nella parte bassa della cerniera anteriore del primo volume ma nel complesso legature solide. Gora chiara sul margine superiore delle ultime 10 pagine del primo volume lievi tracce del tempo alle prime pagine del secondo volume per il resto buonissime condizioni. Stemma reale francese ai frontespizi testate xilografiche. In lingua francese. Imprimerie de Monsieur
Best.-Nr. 78737Paris Hôtel de Thou 1788-1789. Two parts in two. 4to 25.3 x 19.3 cm. Title pages with allegorical engraved vignettes numerous engraved head and tail pieces. 1216 pp. 5-18 651; 5-8 20 including eulogy of Buffon 527; 63 engraved plates 41; 22 large multi-folded table. Uniform contemporary full tree calf. Spines with five raised bands rich gilt compartments with floral vignettes two morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges. = A beautiful copy of the complete rare herpetogical part of the first 4to edition "PMM edition" of a large and important series on natural history started by Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 and continued with these two volumes by his successor the naturalist Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville-sur-Illon Comte de Lacepède 1756-18250. Together they form a coherent segment of the whole work which according to Adler "was the first comprehensive world summary of amphibians and reptiles". The second volume deals exclusively with snakes and the title is shortened to Histoire naturelle des serpents. Three plates in the first volume misnumbered XV as XI; XXXV as XXXI and XL as XV. Provenance: On the front pastedowns a bookplate Bibliothèque du C.en = Citoyen Capon; small stamp of Gleizes Notre. JMP on titles. Some rubbing to the boards edges and spine ends; several plates toned but generally clean. An attractive uniformly bound set. Do not confuse with the duodecimo edition published in four volumes by the same publisher in the same years. Adler I p. 14; Nissen ZBI 672; PMM 198 in part; Casey Wood p. 267. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 78300Paris A. Eymery AND Brussels Avransart and Gust. Gastebois 1825. Five volumes in five. 8vo 20.1 x 12.8 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Lacepède by Leroux after a drawing by Hersent; 2881 pp.; 115 finely engraved plates after Jean Gabriel Prêtre in original hand-colouring several augmented with silver. Uniform polished tree-calf. Spines rich gilt with geometrical patterns and two red morocco labels with gilt title and volume number. Boards with gilt-ornamented borders; gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled bluish green. = One of the best - and rarest - editions of Buffon's influential work on reptiles amphibians fish and whales. The detailed plates are by one of the finest natural history illustrators of the early 19th century the Swiss-born French artist Jean Gabriel Prêtre 1768-1849. A collation is as follows: I. 620 pp.; Plates 1-22 herpetologie; II. 561 pp.; Plates 1-24 poissons; III. 527 pp.; Plates 1-24 poissons; IV. 585 pp.; Plates 1-22 poissons V. 588 pp.; Plates 1-23 poissons; cétacés. Provenance: inscribed on the half-title of the first volume by the French historian Maurice Jules Abel Lefranc 1863-1952 an expert on French literature in particular Rabelais viz. a dedication to the Belgian journalist newspaper director and senator Zéphyrin Clovis Piérard 1896-1974. A few plates mildly toned; light marginal foxing otherwise a very good set in an attractive contemporary binding. hardcover
1826Best.-Nr. 11826 Paris, Ladrange et Verdière, 1826.
1833Best.-Nr. 217270Paris: Chez Ladrange et Verdière 1833. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Roger after the painting by Hersent and 187 lithographed plates of fish whales serpents etc. from drawings bu Oudart and 2 large folding tables. 11 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter brown morocco and patterned paper boards gilt-lettered spines raised bands marbled edges and endpapers. Occasional faint dampstaining to outer margins in vols. 5 & 6 some light scattered foxing but overall a very handsome and impressive set. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Roger after the painting by Hersent and 187 lithographed plates of fish whales serpents etc. from drawings bu Oudart and 2 large folding tables. 11 vols. 8vo. Superb edition handsomely presented of the works of the great French naturalist and succesor to Buffon collecting his massive HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES POISSONS; . DES QUADRUPEDES OVIPARES; . DES SERPENTS; and DES CÉTACÉES. In addition the set collects Lacépède's lectures including the often omittted lectures "Discours sur la durée des espèces" and "Troisième vue de la nature". See DSB VII pp. 546-548. Complete as issued with all the lithographed plates occasionally found bound separately the set comprises: Vol. I. Discours. portrait 627 p 1 folding table. Vol. 2. Histoire naturelle des Cétacés. 412 pp. 20 plates Vol. 3 Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares. 624 pp 24 plates Vol. 4 Histoire naturelle des serpents. 557 pp. 23 plates Vol. 5 - 11. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: 501 pp 27 plates; 6: 596 pp. 24 plates; 7: 510 13 plates; 8: 512 pp. 23 plates; 9: 497 pp. 15 plates; 10: 459 pp 7 plates; 11: 544 pp. 11 plates and folding table. Mill/9/3 Chez Ladrange et Verdière unknown
1833Best.-Nr. 217270Paris: Chez Ladrange et Verdière 1833. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Roger after the painting by Hersent and 187 lithographed plates of fish whales serpents etc. from drawings bu Oudart and 2 large folding tables. 11 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter brown morocco and patterned paper boards gilt-lettered spines raised bands marbled edges and endpapers. Occasional faint dampstaining to outer margins in vols. 5 & 6 some light scattered foxing but overall a very handsome and impressive set. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Roger after the painting by Hersent and 187 lithographed plates of fish whales serpents etc. from drawings bu Oudart and 2 large folding tables. 11 vols. 8vo. Superb edition handsomely presented of the works of the great French naturalist and succesor to Buffon collecting his massive HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES POISSONS; . DES QUADRUPEDES OVIPARES; . DES SERPENTS; and DES CÉTACÉES. In addition the set collects Lacépède's lectures including the often omittted lectures "Discours sur la durée des espèces" and "Troisième vue de la nature". See DSB VII pp. 546-548. Complete as issued with all the lithographed plates occasionally found bound separately the set comprises: Vol. I. Discours. portrait 627 p 1 folding table. Vol. 2. Histoire naturelle des Cétacés. 412 pp. 20 plates Vol. 3 Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares. 624 pp 24 plates Vol. 4 Histoire naturelle des serpents. 557 pp. 23 plates Vol. 5 - 11. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: 501 pp 27 plates; 6: 596 pp. 24 plates; 7: 510 13 plates; 8: 512 pp. 23 plates; 9: 497 pp. 15 plates; 10: 459 pp 7 plates; 11: 544 pp. 11 plates and folding table. Mill/9/3 Chez Ladrange et Verdière unknown books
