Encylopedie dhistoire
List encylopedie dhistoire
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein addition to the in text engravings, this book includes 39 out of text engravings on thick paperhalf binding with ribbed spine adorned with gilded motifs, the covers are made of red paper, the text block has some spots of foxing on the very first and last pages, nearly the entire book has noneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitederived from the monumental encylopédie d'histoire naturelle by doctor chenu, this volume, devoted to the quadrumans (monkeys), is particularly remarkable for its accuracy and engravingsa work on quadrumans, certainly the most comprehensive work summarising the observations of the greatest specialists such as buffon, dautenton, lacepede, cuvier and de jussieucatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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