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Levaillant, Francois.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Histoire naturelle des perroquets. Sydney: Lord McAlpine of West Green and Brian Chester, 1989
new edition, one of 200 copies, 2 volumes, large folio (555 x 405mm.), text in French and English, coloured frontispiece and 157 coloured facsimile plates from the Jeanson copy, loose as issued in sheets, in two fitted green cloth cases
Catalogue Note
A new edition of Levaillant's classic, based on the plates from the celebrated Jeanson copy, including reproductions of the original watercolours included in that set, as well as a translation of the text into English.