Levaillant
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The son of the french consul in dutch guiana, levaillant was born in paramarimbo and seems to have inherited his father's love of traveltherefore 151 tipped-in plates, of which one repeated" (fine bird books pvolume i: missing the first blank sheet, blank; ii-xi-(1bj'ai eu soin en même tems de désigner toujours la collection d'où je les ai tirées [catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume iii: 1 blank sheet, with ownership signature "gertrude s13, "his histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'afrique [volume ii: missing the first blank page, blank; 206 numbered pages; 1 blank sheet; missing pages 7-8; last sheet with large defect on the bottom edge, due to a cut, with loss of a line of text; inside, 48 numbered plates from 50 to 97, of which one double and folded, printed in colour and delicately watercoloured] is one of the first works of the naturalists who travelled in order to see and study the birds in their proper environment"see fine bird books, p(?)" on the front; 231 (ihe became one of the first of a new breed of naturalists who attained prominence towards the end of the 18th century, studying and recording their subjects in their natural habitat) numbered pages; 1 blank sheet, inside, 54 plates numbered from 98 to 150, tipped-in and engraved, printed in colour and delicately watercoloured, of which 3 are folded several times; plate 39 is repeateda copy in good overall condition, missing 2 blanks sheets and two pages of text; sporadic mildew, beautiful colouring)-194 numbered pages; 1 blank sheets with the imprinted of the half-cover page missing at the beginning of the volume; abrasion at the end of page 194; inside, 49 numbered and engraved tipped-in plates, printed in colour and delicately watercolouredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecoeval red half leather binding with corners and red pebbled paper, paper slightly different in the pebbling of the third volume; title, number of volume and elegant friezes in gold on the spine; on the front of the front endpapers there is the ownership stamp of “biblioteca di pierpaolo vitelli"the first three volumes of a work that came out in six volumes with 300 plates in total from to , the second 3 volumes were published by another publisher, delachaussee [volumes 4-6]work of great rarity and beauty, in the preface the author writes (préface, xj) "en publiant l'histoire des oiseaux d'afrique, j'ai cru que c'étoit rendre service à la science que de faire mention de toutes les espèces rares et non décrites que j'ai trouvées dans les différents cabinets de l'europeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatalogued by kate hunter "levaillant was until exceeded by gould (and until now only by him) the producer of the most comprehensive series of works on exotic birds211 due to a numbering jump from 176 to b
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François levaillant (born vaillant, later known as le vaillant, "the valiant") (6 august november ) was a french author, explorer, naturalist, collector and ornithologisthe described many new species of birds from the birds he collected in africa; some were named after himplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepartially damaged bindingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefull title: second voyage dans l'intérieur de l'afrique par le cap de bonne-espérance, dans les années et 85 only the first volume(wikipedia) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipresence of fine engravings inside
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