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LESSON René-Primevère. Natural history of the...

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LESSON René-Primevère. Natural history of the fly-birds, work decorated with plates drawn and engraved by the best artists. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, s.d. (1829), in-8 bound in half calf with corners, spine ribbed, first cover detached, spines cracked, corners broken, some freckling in the text. Illustrated with 86 plates, including one bis, drawn in colors, and finely hand-painted, without any foxing. Provenance: Library of the Castle of Louppy (heraldic ex-libris). First edition.