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1830réf. 1395Paris: F.D Pillot 1830. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. Comte de B.G. Lacepede. 8vo plate 8 3/4" x 5 1/2"; 6" x 3 3/4" within borders; custom acid-free archival backing and French matting with hand-applied silver line; a few light spots of foxing. Hand-colored copper plate engraving of Sturgeon from Comte de B.G. Lacepede's 1756-1825 Historie Naturelle Plate 21: 1. L'Acipensere Strelet. 2. L'Acipensere Esturgeon. F.D Pillot unknown books
1788réf. 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
1844réf. 015517Paris: Furne et Cie 1844. Two volumes uniformly-bound. Green cloth covers. Panelled spines with gilt lettering and designs. Previous owner's small book-plate front pastedowns previous owner's signature top of hal--title pages. Occasional foxing through text never heavy or obtrusive. Thirty-five hand-coloured full-page plates with tissue-guards. Missing Plate #8 "Le Tete et Le Basilic". This new edition contains an elogy on the author by Cuvier at beginning of Volume 1 and notes by De Desmarest. The first edition of this work was published in 1788-89 as a continuation of Buffon's work "Histoire Naturelle". 688-648pp. with the list of plates at rear of Volume 2. Lacepepd 1756-1825 was a French naturalist. He was awarded the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honor in 1805. A very clean copy of this important work with beautiful hand-coloured plates. Text is in French. Please see photos. . Nouvelle Edition. 1/2 Green Leather. Light Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Suoer Royal Octavo. Furne et Cie Hardcover books
1819réf. 431341819. Lacépède Bernard Germain de 1756-1825. 1 Autograph letter signed in French to publisher M. Saugrain. 1 page plus integral address leaf. N.p. "25 ventose an 7me de la République" i.e. 15 March 1799. 233 x 188 mm. Top portion of address leaf torn away not affecting text lacuna where seal was broken small marginal tear. 2 Autograph letter signed in French to Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais 1773-1842. 1 page plus integral address leaf. N.p. 19 May 1819. 207 x 175 mm. Light marginal soiling. Together 2 letters enclosed in cloth portfolio stamped "P.V.H." in gilt on the front cover; accompanied by several printed items including 2 engraved portraits of Lacépède brief extracts from several of his printed works and 2 biographical notices. Very good. From French naturalist Lacépède best known for his collaboration with Buffon on the continuation of the latter's monumental Histoire naturelle to which Lacépède contributed eight volumes including the five-volume Histoire naturelle des poissons 1798-1803. These volumes were issued by the French publisher Saugrain to whom the first letter above is addressed. Saugrain had apparently wanted to feature Lacépède's name in a prospectus for the Histoire naturelle; Lacépède responded by stating that although he was "as much touched as flattered by the esteem and affection you are pleased to show me" he was "far from believing" that his name "might add to the success of the edition of the Histoire naturelle that you are undertaking." He asked Saugrain that if the prospectuses had not yet been printed "everything concerning me" should be removed "as useless and too little merited." In the second letter written in the third person to genealogist Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais Lacépède informed his correspondent that he was returning "the article Saint-Allais was so kind as to send me and to which I made a short addition because the Mémoires of Philippe de Commines were on my desk." He further promised to send a certified copy of a genealogy to the French city of Vienne which he would deposit "with great pleasure" in Saint-Allais's collection. Saint-Allais was the head of the Bureau Générale de la Noblesse de France. "Commines" refers to French historian and diplomat Philippe de Commines 1447-1511 whose Mémoires were published in 1524. . unknown books
1827réf. 24927Paris: F. G. Levrault 1827. First edition thus 8vo pp. 4 lxxii 73-321; engraved portrait of the author and 1 folding facsimile; some foxing but generally a very good copy in orig. printed paper-covered boards. This copy with an inscription on the front pastedown "A monsieur le Docteur Moreau . de l'Editeur" and with Moreau's bookplate. "Article extrait du 21e volume du Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles." Lacépède's text was first separately published in 1821 without Cuvier's éloge. F. G. Levrault unknown books
1833réf. 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
1819réf. 431341819. Lacépède Bernard Germain de 1756-1825. 1 Autograph letter signed in French to publisher M. Saugrain. 1 page plus integral address leaf. N.p. "25 ventose an 7me de la République" i.e. 15 March 1799. 233 x 188 mm. Top portion of address leaf torn away not affecting text lacuna where seal was broken small marginal tear. 2 Autograph letter signed in French to Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais 1773-1842. 1 page plus integral address leaf. N.p. 19 May 1819. 207 x 175 mm. Light marginal soiling. Together 2 letters enclosed in cloth portfolio stamped "P.V.H." in gilt on the front cover; accompanied by several printed items including 2 engraved portraits of Lacépède brief extracts from several of his printed works and 2 biographical notices. Very good. From French naturalist Lacépède best known for his collaboration with Buffon on the continuation of the latter's monumental Histoire naturelle to which Lacépède contributed eight volumes including the five-volume Histoire naturelle des poissons 1798-1803. These volumes were issued by the French publisher Saugrain to whom the first letter above is addressed. Saugrain had apparently wanted to feature Lacépède's name in a prospectus for the Histoire naturelle; Lacépède responded by stating that although he was "as much touched as flattered by the esteem and affection you are pleased to show me" he was "far from believing" that his name "might add to the success of the edition of the Histoire naturelle that you are undertaking." He asked Saugrain that if the prospectuses had not yet been printed "everything concerning me" should be removed "as useless and too little merited." In the second letter written in the third person to genealogist Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais Lacépède informed his correspondent that he was returning "the article Saint-Allais was so kind as to send me and to which I made a short addition because the Mémoires of Philippe de Commines were on my desk." He further promised to send a certified copy of a genealogy to the French city of Vienne which he would deposit "with great pleasure" in Saint-Allais's collection. Saint-Allais was the head of the Bureau Générale de la Noblesse de France. "Commines" refers to French historian and diplomat Philippe de Commines 1447-1511 whose Mémoires were published in 1524. . unknown
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1788réf. 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
2026réf. LRB25011278Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 516 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1798. Étude monumentale consacrée aux poissons offrant un panorama savant de leur classification de leurs caractères naturels de leurs formes et de leurs moeurs. Ouvrage de référence pour l'histoire naturelle française de la fin du XVIIIe siècle recherché pour l'ampleur de sa synthèse zoologique et son intérêt bibliographique. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1798. Natural history study devoted to fishes presenting a learned overview of their classification natural characteristics forms and habits. A reference work in late eighteenth-century French natural history sought after for the breadth of its zoological synthesis and its bibliographical interest. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25011281Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 564 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1798. Ouvrage monumental de zoologie consacré aux poissons dans lequel Lacépède examine la diversité des espèces leur classification leurs caractères distinctifs leurs moeurs et leur répartition. Ouvrage de référence pour l'histoire naturelle à la fin du XVIIIe siècle il intéressera les naturalistes les bibliophiles et les chercheurs travaillant sur l'ichtyologie et l'histoire des sciences. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1798. Monumental work of zoology devoted to fishes in which Lacépède examines the diversity of species their classification distinctive characteristics habits and distribution. A reference work for natural history at the end of the eighteenth century it will interest naturalists bibliophiles and researchers working on ichthyology and the history of science. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25011277Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 526 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1798. Ouvrage de référence majeur en histoire naturelle consacré à l'étude des poissons dans une perspective descriptive classificatoire et scientifique. Cette vaste synthèse illustre la zoologie de la fin du XVIIIe siècle et l'importance accordée à l'observation aux caractéristiques des espèces et à leur place dans le monde naturel. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1798. Major reference work in natural history devoted to the study of fishes in a descriptive classificatory and scientific perspective. This extensive synthesis illustrates late eighteenth-century zoology and the emphasis placed on observation species characteristics and their place in the natural world. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. 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
réf. 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
1853réf. 9201Bruxelles: Adolphe Deros et Comp. 1853. 1/4 leather contemporary binding. Colored plates. 654 p. 18 plates; 575 p. 11 plates Adolphe Deros et Comp. hardcover
réf. 41385Paris. Rapet. 1818-1819. 8vo. 20cm Eleven of twelve volumes wanting Vol. 6. With numerous c.250 engraved plate illustrations including frontis portrait bound in contemporary full tree calf full gilt decorated panels double black and tan leather labels wear on the edges a few spine edges chipped a very good internally fine and clean sound set. ~ Lacepede 1756-1825 invited by Buffon to work on continuation of "Histoire Naturelle." published "Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares" first in 1789 which appeared after Buffon death. ~ Over six thousand pages of text plus indexes. Paris. Rapet. 1818-1819 unknown
1844réf. 015517Paris: Furne et Cie 1844. Two volumes uniformly-bound. Green cloth covers. Panelled spines with gilt lettering and designs. Previous owner's small book-plate front pastedowns previous owner's signature top of hal--title pages. Occasional foxing through text never heavy or obtrusive. Thirty-five hand-coloured full-page plates with tissue-guards. Missing Plate #8 "Le Tete et Le Basilic". This new edition contains an elogy on the author by Cuvier at beginning of Volume 1 and notes by De Desmarest. The first edition of this work was published in 1788-89 as a continuation of Buffon's work "Histoire Naturelle". 688-648pp. with the list of plates at rear of Volume 2. Lacepepd 1756-1825 was a French naturalist. He was awarded the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honor in 1805. A very clean copy of this important work with beautiful hand-coloured plates. Text is in French. Please see photos. . Nouvelle Edition. 1/2 Green Leather. Light Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Suoer Royal Octavo. Furne et Cie Hardcover
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réf. 39432Paris Hôtel de Thou 1788-1790. Four parts in four. 12mo 16.6 x 9.6 cm. 1699 pp. I 1788 359; II 1788 464; III 1790 24 432; IV 1790 8 408 pp.; 48 of 49 nicely engraved plates I: 12; II: 15 III: 11 IV: 10 depicting amphibians and reptiles in their natural surroundings. Contemporary uniform full calf. Spines with gilt vignettes borders and two red morocco labels each boards with ornamental gilt borders. Marbled endpapers. = This is the smaller sized edition that was published in the same years as the first edition in quarto published as Suite de Buffon. The last 12 pp. of volume IV contain an "Éloge du comte Buffon". The last two volumes half the work deal with snakes. Nissen reports 49 plates with a query. Two other contemporary editions have 48 plates as does this one. There is however no plate V in Volume IV. A nice clean set in attractive contemporary bindings. Nissen ZBI 2350a 2350b. hardcover
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réf. 193012698Furne et Cie Éditeurs Paris. 2 delen compleet 1855 x 668 647 pp halflederen banden in goede staat compleet met 36 handgekleurde staalgravuren zeer fraai in de originele banden wat gebruikelijke slijtage verkleuring en kleine beschadigingen pp xi/xii van voorwerk mist Furne et Cie, Éditeurs, Paris unknown
1857réf. 5310CB1857. Nouvelle édition pécédée de l'éloge de Lacépède par Cuvier. 2 Bände. Paris A. Delahays 1857. 8°. 654 S.; 574 1 S. Mit 33 kol. Stahlstichtafeln. Rote Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung. Vgl. Nissen 2346 andere Ausgaben mit 36 Tafeln. - Vorliegende Ausgabe mit nur 33 Tafeln jedoch komplett identisch mit anderen im Handel gesehenen Exemplaren von 1857! - Mit Exlibris auf dem Vorsatz. Einband berieben. unknown
