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BELON, LA NATURE & DIVERSITÉ DES POISSONS, PARIS, 1555, OLD RED GOATSKIN GILT

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  • La nature & diversité des poissons, avec leur pourtraicts, representez au plus press du naturel. Paris: Charles Estienne, 1555
Oblong 8vo (99 x 162mm.), woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations, some early annotations in English, old red morocco gilt (probably English), gilt edges, lower corner of e8 repaired, occasional light soiling, extremities slightly rubbed, joints creased, spine repaired at head
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