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2003ref. __1405101202Blackwell Pub 2003. Paperback. New. 3rd edition. 263 pages. 9.75x7.75x0.75 inches. Blackwell Pub paperback
1839ref. Flo441Very good copy of the plates volume only from Lesson's supplement to Buffon's massive Natural History Complete with 118 fine handcoloured stipple-engraved plates 70 mammals and 48 birds Many of the plates depict extinct or endangered species. Includes the red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens endangered on a plate with a hog badger Arctonyx collaris. Includes three extinct species: Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus South Island kokako Callaeas cinereus and Delalande's coua Coua delalandei. Nine critically endangered species: Spix's macaw Cyanopsitta spixii screwhorn antelope Addax nasomaculatus Indri or babakoto Indri indri red ruffed lemur Varecia rubra Talaud bear cuscus Ailurops melanotis Short-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla chinchilla Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus midget buffalo Bubalus depressicornis and North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis. 11 endangered species: red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens Western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus purple-faced langur Trachypithecus vetulus wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus banded hare-wallaby or munning Lagostrophus fasciatus Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus South Asian river dolphin Platanista gangetic Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Micronesian scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse Kuhl's lorikeet Vini kuhlii and New Zealand kaka Nestor meridionalis. René Primevère Lesson 1794-1849 was a French surgeon naturalist ornithologist and director of the Rochefort zoological garden. A medical officer in the royal navy he was second surgeon aboard the Coquille on Duperrey's scientific expedition from 1822 to 1825. He is most famous for his works on hummingbirds Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches and Histoire Naturelle des Colibris 1830-31. Red morocco spine decorated in black and gilt blue marble boards leather rubbed and boards scuffed and worn at edges. Lacks title page complete with 118 fine engraved plates all with delicate handcolour. A few plates with faint spotting. No artist or engraver information on the plates but many Australian species some copied from Charles Alexandre Lesueur's illustrations to Peron and Freycinet's Voyage of Discovery 1807. Pourrat Freres hardcover
1830ref. Flo414Very good copy of Lesson's seminal work on hummingbirds Complete with all 66 handcoloured stipple engraved plates based on the drawings of Jean-Gabriel Prêtre and Louis Bévalet printed in color and finely hand-finished by Rémond Ronsil: Bibliographie Ornithologique Française X dedication to Cuvier 196 pages of explanatory text 66 plates bound at rear on hinges: Colibris: 1-25 with 2 bis plates; Supplement des Oiseaux-Mouches: 1-39 First edition of one part of René Primevère Lesson's study of exotic birds in their natural habitat made aboard the Coquille on its world voyage 1822-1825. As second surgeon on the scientific circumnavigation Lesson was responsible for the botanical and zoological goals of the expedition. His work on hummingbirds was authorative. He described over 100 species of hummingbirds out of the 330 known today and his illustrations were copied by Sir William Jardine in his Naturalist's Library. René Primevère Lesson 1794-1849 was a French surgeon naturalist ornithologist and director of the Rochefort zoological garden. A medical officer in the royal navy he was second surgeon aboard the Coquille on Duperrey's scientific expedition from 1822 to 1825. Jean-Gabriel Prêtre 1768-1849 was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated a large number of books for Cuvier Louis Pierre Vieillot René Primevère Lesson Comte de Lacépède Richard Achille and many other French zoologists. Text in French. Three-quarter red leather binding spine with raised bands and gilt title and decoration marble boards marble endpapers TEG binding very clean book block solid. Text pages with scattered foxing as usual but all plates bound at rear on hinges clean and free of spotting good impressions with delicate handcolour. Two plates Colibris Pl. 3 and Supplement Pl. 39 trimmed about 5mm on the right edge affecting the image. Arthus Bertrand hardcover
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