Luigi Figuier - Enciclopedia completa Luigi Figuier - 1881

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Nine-volume Italian edition of Enciclopedia completa Luigi Figuier by Luigi Figuier, in excellent condition, published by Fratelli Treves Milano starting in 1881, bound in half-leather, original language Italian, about 5000 pages.

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This is the great nineteenth‑century scientific popularization series by Louis Figuier (1819‑1894), a French scientist and popularizer, translated and published in Italy by Treves — one of the most widespread and beloved works of natural history popularization in European the nineteenth century.

It consists of 9 volumes covering the following themes:

Birds — 4th Italian edition, with 810 engravings, 1881
The Human Races — 3rd Italian edition, with 341 engravings and 8 chromolithographs, 1883
Reptiles, Fishes, and Articulated Animals — 3rd Italian edition, with 299 engravings, 1881
Mollusks and Zoophytes — 3rd Italian edition, with 393 engravings, 1882
The Mammals — 3rd Italian edition, with 307 engravings, 1880
History of Plants — 3rd Italian edition (translated by Stefano Trevisiol), with 262 engravings, 1882
The World Before the Flood — translated by Camillo Marinoni, 3rd edition, 1884
Primitive Man — translated by Camillo Marinoni, 5th edition, with over 500 engravings, 1882
The Insects — 3rd Italian edition, with 606 engravings, 1881

This is the great nineteenth‑century scientific popularization series by Louis Figuier (1819‑1894), a French scientist and popularizer, translated and published in Italy by Treves — one of the most widespread and beloved works of natural history popularization in European the nineteenth century.

It consists of 9 volumes covering the following themes:

Birds — 4th Italian edition, with 810 engravings, 1881
The Human Races — 3rd Italian edition, with 341 engravings and 8 chromolithographs, 1883
Reptiles, Fishes, and Articulated Animals — 3rd Italian edition, with 299 engravings, 1881
Mollusks and Zoophytes — 3rd Italian edition, with 393 engravings, 1882
The Mammals — 3rd Italian edition, with 307 engravings, 1880
History of Plants — 3rd Italian edition (translated by Stefano Trevisiol), with 262 engravings, 1882
The World Before the Flood — translated by Camillo Marinoni, 3rd edition, 1884
Primitive Man — translated by Camillo Marinoni, 5th edition, with over 500 engravings, 1882
The Insects — 3rd Italian edition, with 606 engravings, 1881

Details

Number of books
9
Subject
Encyclopedias
Book title
Enciclopedia completa Luigi Figuier
Author/ Illustrator
Luigi Figuier
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1881
Edition
Other edition
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Fratelli Treves Milano
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
5000
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Private

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