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BUFFON, G.L.L. DE, DAUBENTON, LACÉPÈDE (and others).
Histoire Naturelle, générale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi.
Amsterdam, Schneider/ Dordrecht, Blussé, 1766-1799. 38 parts, bound in 19 vols. 4to (267 x 210mm). With engraved portrait of Buffon, numerous engr...
EUR 7,500
only edition of this rare flora and florilegium, depicting the most beautiful native and exotic plants cultivated in Italy
SAVI, G.
Flora italiana ossia raccolta delle piante più belle che si coltivano nei giardini d'Italia..
Pisa, Niccolo Capurro, 1818-1824. 3 volumes, bound in one. Folio (440 x 310 mm). pp (8), iv, 114, (2, index); (2), 90, (2, index); (2), 86, (2, ind...
EUR 40,000
Copies of the above survey of the animal kingdom of Southern Italy are extremely rare
COSTA, O.G & COSTA, A.
Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali?
Napoli, Tramater, (1829) 1832-1859. 11 volumes. 4to (270 x 220mm). With 377 mostly hand-coloured engraved plates. Later half vellum, gilt ornamente...
EUR 25,000
beautiful lepidopterological classic complete with the supplements
ESPER, E.J.C. & TOUSSAINT VON CHARPENTIER.
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper. Herausgegeben mit Zusätzen von Toussaint von Charpentier. EuropäischeGattungen.
Leipzig, T.O. Weigel, (1829-1839). 7 volumes (5 volumes of text and 4 supplements bound in 5 & 2 volumes of plates in portfolio). 4to (270 x 215mm...
EUR 12,000