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réf. 67369Paris A. Belin 1819-1829. Large folio approximately 53 x 35 cm. Five plates with explanatory text leaves. Not bound as issued. = Rare part of a magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères is widely regarded as their magnum opus. This section contains the Australian marsupials - a very little-known group then. It includes "Le wumbat" wombat; "Kanguroo ou macrope géant" two plates one with the red kangaroo the other with the grey kangaroo; Kanguroo ou halmature thétis" probably a "wallaroo"; and "Phalanger de Cook" Australian ring-tailed possum. All as issued without stamps annotations or other markings. All text leaves and all plates uncut and untrimmed resulting in very large margins. Due to these large margins some edges a bit frayed or with minor tears. Two plates irregularly age-toned a few text pages spotted. In all a set in very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
réf. 69931Paris A. Belin 1818-1827. Large Folio approximately 53 x 35 cm. Three plates with explanatory text leaves. Not bound as issued. = A magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals some described in this work for the first time from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the Histoire naturelle des mammifères is widely regarded as their magnum opus. This is the section containing the gazelles a type of antelopes including the Kevel gris Antilope kevella Pallas 1766 = A. dorcas L. 1758 and Corine Antilope corina Pallas 1766. All as issued without stamps annotations or other markings. All text leaves and all plates uncut untrimmed resulting in very big margins. Due to these large margins some edges a bit frayed or with minor tears. A few text pages a bit spotted in the margins; two plates somewhat age-toned one plate clean. In all a set in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
réf. 67537Paris A. Belin 1819-1829. Large Folio approximately 53 x 35 cm. Two plates with explanatory text leaves. Not bound as issued. = Part of magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals some described in this work for the first time from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. This is the section containing the South American llamas. Text leaves and plates quite clean in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
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