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NATURAL HISTORY LOT. LACÉPÈDE. Histoire naturelle...

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[NATURAL HISTORY] LOT. LACÉPÈDE. Histoire naturelle de Lacépède précédée de l'éloge de Lacépède par Cuvier. Paris, Furne et Jouvet, 1876. 2 vol. in-4. Half havana glazed calf, spine ribbed, red morocco title-pieces, and bronze calf cover. Well completed with 36 color plates. Freckles in the text. Attached : LE MAOUT - DECAISNE. Traité général de Botanique descriptive et analytique. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1868. 1 vol. in-4. Brown demichagrin, spine ribbed, title and author gilt. Numerous figures in-text. Spine faded. Rubbing to the binding. First two leaves unbound. CURMER. The garden of plants. Paris, Curmer, 1842. 2 vol. large in-8. Green half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated with an attractive ornithological gilt decoration, double gilt fillet on the boards. Illustrations in and out of text, some in color. 2 double plates : Panorama of the garden and Flora of the two labyrinths. Complete. Scattered foxing; Rubbing at the corners and on the boards.