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26 volumes + 2 volumes of supplements + 1 volume of table.
Soft cover, as originally published, (stains, some spines damaged, creases, volume 14 partly detached) but that holds up well.
Foxing and browning inside, more pronounced in some volumes but still very acceptable.

Natural History - Quantity: 29 - Book

Buffon/Cuvier - Oeuvres complètes - 1829-1831

François-Vincent RASPAIL.
New system of organic chemistry.
J.B. Baillière - Paris 1833.
97+576pp; 13 x 21 cm; 750g.
Good original edition complete.
Half morocco binding Bordeaux, spine smooth, title piece in leather.
Copy well complete with its 12 folding plates at end (including

Science, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

François-Vincent RASPAIL - Nouveau système de chimie organique - 1833

Stunning illustrated edition of 30 beautiful engravings of this major agronomic and technical treatise devoted to the rational study of viticulture and wine-making processes, based on methodical observation and a commitment to modernizing traditional practices -

The author

Agriculture, Illustrated, Natural History, Cookery, food & drink, Technology, Science, Reference, Botany, Nature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Le Docteur Jules Guyot - Culture de la vigne et vinification - 1861

Charming illustrated edition featuring 363 fine engravings of this technical and scientific work devoted to the complete study of the horse, considered both as a working, service, and sport animal -

Heir to a long tradition of veterinary and equestrian teaching, this treatise

Animals, Illustrated, Science, Natural History, Biology - Quantity: 1 - Book

J. Jacoulet & C. Chomel - Traité d'Hippologie - 1912

Books from the 18th century adorned with 43 folding and non-folding engraved plates (see photos).
Philippe Simonneau; (engraver)

Treatise on surgical diseases, and the operations suitable for them; posthumous work of M. J. L. Petit, of the Royal Academy of Sciences, & of the

Medicine, Illustrated, Natural History, Science - Quantity: 2 - Book

Petit, Jean-Louis, François-Dominique Lesne - Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent. ouvrage posthume - 1774

Natural History of the Count of Buffon with the anatomical descriptions by Daubenton.

-Vol. 1/ the mammals, 473 pages.
-Vol. 2/ the mammals, 513 pages.
-Vol. 3/ the mammals, 483 pages.
Accompanied by an album of 115 color plates.
Four-volume set, octavo size, half-bound with a

Natural History, Illustrated - Quantity: 4 - Hand coloured illustrations - Book

Buffon-Daubenton - Oeuvres complètes: les mammifères avec un album de 115 planches en couleurs - 1824

Magnificent lot of 3 illustrated works – Henri Coupin – Early 20th century (1904–1905) – uniform bindings.
Henri Coupin – 3 illustrated works – 1904/1905 – natural sciences – antique engravings – uniform bindings.
Splendid set of 3 antique works richly illustrated by Henri

Natural History - Quantity: 3 - Book

Henri Coupin - Les Plantes Originales / Les Animaux Excentriques / Les Arts et Métiers chez les Animaux - 1904-1905

Captivating illustrated edition in its pretty polychrome cardboard binding of this science popularization work that encyclopedically explores atmospheric phenomena and the beginnings of aeronautics -

The author adopts a clear and imaginative style, blending scientific rigor,

Natural History, Illustrated, Aviation, Geography, Nature, History, Travels, Reference, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

Arthur Mangin - L'air et le monde aérien - 1885

A fascinating illustrated edition of 23 lithographs bound with serpentine embellishments of this work that blends literature and illustration in which flowers are personified and transformed into human figures, mainly female, embodying characters, emotions and social types -

The

Botany, Illustrated, Science, Natural History, Literature, Poetry, Nature - Quantity: 1 - Book

J. J. Grandville, Alph. Karr, Taxile Delord et le Comte Foelix - Les fleurs animées - 1867

Superb illustrated edition of 20 large wood-drawn compositions by Joseph Wolf. This naturalist popularization work combines the texts of E. Lesbazeilles with the animal illustrations by the painter and illustrator Joseph Wolf -

The book is part of the 19th-century tradition of

Animals, Illustrated, Natural History, Biology, Nature, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

E. Lesbazeilles / Joseph Wolf - Tableaux et scènes de la vie des animaux - 1877

Charming illustrated edition of 26 ideal views of landscapes of the Old World, drawn by Riou, 310 other figures and 7 colored geological maps of this popular science work by Louis Figuier, illustrated by Riou, which offers a vast fresco of geological ages and transformations of

Geology, Natural History, Science, Illustrated, Cartography, Geography, History, Reference, Nature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Louis Figuier / Riou - La terre avant le déluge - 1863

The Mirror of the Belgian Congo - Volume 2 - Preface by Messrs. Jean and Jérôme Tharaud - Text by Messrs. P. Guebels, Paul Fontainas, Paul Salkin, Philippe Soupault, J. Maes and H. Schouteden - Artistic Direction: Isy Brachot, G. Mollard, Paul Salkin-Massé - National Society of

Archaeology, Botany, Cartography, Geography, Colonial history, Natural History, Regional interest, Illustrated, Topography, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

P. Daye, J.-M. Jadot, etc. - Le Miroir du Congo Belge - Tome 2 - 1929

Fascinating illustrated edition of this satirical and literary work that uses anthropomorphic animals to represent and critique human society of the 19th century -

The book consists of a series of tales, fables and scenes in which different animals embody social types,

Illustrated, Animals, Literature, Nature, Natural History, Sociology - Quantity: 1 - Book

Grandville - Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux - 1852

Superb illustrated edition of 415 figures of this masterful synthesis of botany at the crossroads of science, natural history, and educational popularization -

The work, richly illustrated, is addressed to a broad cultured and curious public, in particular young readers and

Botany, Illustrated, Nature, Science, Natural History, History, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

Louis Figuier / Faguet - Histoire des plantes - 1865

Charming, captivating illustrated account of Paul Belloni du Chaillu's explorations in Equatorial Africa in the mid-19th century, notable for its numerous illustrations as well as a large folding map, the large explanatory map, engraved by Sedille -

The author shares his

Travels, Africa, Animals, Illustrated, Geography, Natural History, Sociology - Quantity: 1 - Book

Paul Du Chaillu - L'Afrique sauvage. Nouvelles excursions au pays des Ashangos - 1868

Splendid illustrated edition of this volume with 206 engravings, 32 of which are hors texte after the author's photographs. This travel and adventure narrative is devoted to the author's hunting expeditions across different continents -

The text recounts his hunting experiences

Travels, Natural History, Science, Geography, Illustrated, History, Sociology - Quantity: 1 - Book

Paul Niedieck - Mes Chasses dans les cinq parties du monde - 1907

Duc d'Orléans.
Across the Ice from Spitzberg to Cape Philippe.
May–August 1905.
Librairie Plon.
Portrait in heliogravure and 10 color plates + 400 engravings in black in the text and as plates + 2 maps drawn up by Commander A. de Gerlache.
Book in used condition.
Half-leather

Geography, Natural History, Photography - Quantity: 1 - Reference book

Duc d'Orléans - A travers la Banquise du Spitzberg au Cap Philippe - 1907

Rare, richly illustrated edition of one of the foundational texts of equestrian literature. The treatise, first published in 1733, is organized systematically: anatomy and knowledge of the horse, principles of training, description of haute école movements, and a section devoted

Cavalry and chivalry, Sports, Animals, Illustrated, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates, Fold out maps or plates - Book

La Guérinière - Ecole de Cavalerie - 1756

Charming illustrated work with 21 magnificent color plates etched on steel and 200 wood engravings drawn by P. Lackerbauer -

This volume illustrates the encyclopedic and educational ambition of the 19th century to popularize natural and maritime sciences among a wide cultivated

Natural History, Illustrated, Nature, Science, Biology, Geography, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

Alfred Frédol / P. Lackerbauer - Le monde de la mer - 1865

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon – Complete Works.
Expanded edition by M. F. Cuvier.
Paris, F. D. Pillot / Salmon, 1829.
3 octavo volumes (vols IV, V, VI)

Set consisting of:

Volume IV – Minerals (II)
Volume V – Epochs of Nature.
Volume VI – Minerals (III)

Elegant

Natural History, Illustrated - Quantity: 3 - Book

Buffon-Cuvier - Oeuvres complètes. Volumes 4-5 et 6: histoire de la terre - 1829

Magnificent illustrated edition of 40 “scènes de la vie primitive” composed by Emile Bayard and 236 figures representing the everyday objects of the earliest ages of humanity -

This popular science work is aligned with the positivist and anthropological currents of the 19th

Natural History, Science, Nature, Illustrated, Sociology, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

Louis Figuier / Emile Bayard - L'homme primitif - 1876

Charles d'Orbigny (Edited by): Universal Dictionary of Natural History. Paris, at the Editors' offices, Messrs. Renard, Martinet & Co.; and at Langlois and Leclercq, Victor Masson 1849. 26 volumes (complete with the volumes). Without the atlas.

Containing and supplementing: All

Natural History - Quantity: 25 - Book

Charles d'Orbigny - Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle - 1849

Schauplatz der Natur und der Künste – 2 annate rilegate (1777–1779) – 96 tavole incise – Vienna.
Completo delle 96 tavole.
Rara e affascinante opera enciclopedica dell’Illuminismo illustrata e dizionario poliglotta del XVIII secolo, pubblicato a Vienna da Joseph Edlen von

Natural History, Illustrated, Agriculture, Encyclopedias, History, Science, Nature, Linguistics - Quantity: 1 - Book

J. Edlen von Kurzböck - Schauplatz der Natur und der Künste, Spectacle de la Nature et des Arts - 1777-1779

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