MINIATURE BOOK – LE PETIT NATURALISTE. Lot n° 10032

Paris, chez Marcilly [..], [ca. 1829], 127 pp. With engraved title & 11 engraved plates (dep. various animals). 64mo oblong (ca. 5 x 6,5 cm.), orig. pictorial pink boards, all edges gilt, in the orig. pictorial pink cardboard slipcase. [MINIATURE BOOK] – LE PETIT NATURALISTE. ¶ Welsh 5582. Gumuchian 4127. Rare early 19th-cent. French miniature book on natural history (dealing with quadrupeds & birds) printed by “Imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot” (Paris). – Backstrip & slipcase sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities. Occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless in good condition.