The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part II

The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part II

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Achille Comte | Keepsake d'histoire naturelle, [1839]

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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November 29, 03:25 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Achille Joseph Comte


Keepsake d'histoire naturelle... texte de Buffon, revu, réduit, et précédé d'une introduction par M. Achille Comte. Paris, [1839]


8vo (249 x 164mm.), half-title, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, plain lithographed additional title-page, author portrait frontispiece, 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates after V. Adam, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, later red morocco-backed boards, marbled endpapers, spotting


LITERATURE:

Nissen IVB 202

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