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 travel(?)" on the front; 231 (iwork 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'europe13, "his histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'afrique [see fine bird books, ptherefore 151 tipped-in plates, of which one repeatedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicoeval 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")-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 watercoloureda copy in good overall condition, missing 2 blanks sheets and two pages of text; sporadic mildew, beautiful colouringcatalogued 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 birdsj'ai eu soin en même tems de désigner toujours la collection d'où je les ai tirées [our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store) 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 repeatedvolume i: missing the first blank sheet, blank; ii-xi-(1b" (fine bird books pvolume 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"volume iii: 1 blank sheet, with ownership signature "gertrude she 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 habitatcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available211 due to a numbering jump from 176 to bthe 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]please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 ornithologistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe described many new species of birds from the birds he collected in africa; some were named after himour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepartially damaged bindingpresence of fine engravings inside(wikipedia) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefull title: second voyage dans l'intérieur de l'afrique par le cap de bonne-espérance, dans les années et 85 only the first volume
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