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SONNINI DE MANONCOURT, C.S. Histoire naturelle, gnrale et particulire des poissons, Paris: F. Dufart, 1802-04. Volumes I-XIII only (lacking the final volume on amphibians), 4, engraved frontispiece, 80 engraved plates, one folding (some spotting, mostly marginal), contemporary uniform tree calf, flat gilt spines with red morocco lettering-pieces (head and tail of spines chipped, joints worn). Bosgoed 166; Nissen Schne Fischbcher 119; Nissen ZBI 3899.
LACEPEDE, Bernard G. E. de. Oeuvres, Paris: F. D. Pillot, 1830-1833. 13 volumes including one volume of plates, 8, one engraved portrait, 220 hand-coloured engraved plates (light staining affecting a few of the plates, some marginal browning), contemporary calf-backed mottled boards, plate volume non-uniform (many lettering-pieces flaked off, extremities rubbed). One volume is devoted to amphibians, and 8 volumes to fish -- and one other work by Rambu on Insectes Nuroptres (Paris, 1842). (27)
LACEPEDE, Bernard G. E. de. Oeuvres, Paris: F. D. Pillot, 1830-1833. 13 volumes including one volume of plates, 8, one engraved portrait, 220 hand-coloured engraved plates (light staining affecting a few of the plates, some marginal browning), contemporary calf-backed mottled boards, plate volume non-uniform (many lettering-pieces flaked off, extremities rubbed). One volume is devoted to amphibians, and 8 volumes to fish -- and one other work by Rambu on Insectes Nuroptres (Paris, 1842). (27)