[Rarebooks] FS: Guerin's DICTIONNAIRE PITTORESQUE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE with 684 lovely hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

 From our latest internet-only catalogue: Spring 2008 containing 77 fine 
pieces and now posted on our website: http://www.erols.com/agvent

GUERIN  M. F. E. DICTIONNAIRE PITTORESQUE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE  ET
DES  PHENOMENES  DE  LA  NATURE....   Paris:  Bureau  de  Souscription
1833-1834.  First  Edition.  CONTENANT  L'HISTOIRE  DES  ANIMAUX,  DES
VEGETAUX,  DES  MINERAUX,  DES  METEORES,  DES  PRINCIPAUX  PHENOMENES
PHYSIQUES  ET DES CURIOSITES NATURELLES, AVEC DES DETAILS SUR L'EMPLOI
DES  PRODUCTIONS DES TROIS REGNES DANS LES USAGES DE LA VIE, LES  ARTS
ET  METIERS  ET LES MANUFACTURES. Quarto (7-1/2" x  11-3/4")  volumes,
eight  (of  nine, lacks volume 4,) of text bound in seven and  two  of
plates,  in contemporary half morocco for the atlas volumes and  cloth
and  boards  for  the  text volumes. Text in French,  printed  in  two
columns  per page. Illustrated with 709 (of 720) plates, 684 of  which
are  beautifully  hand-colored by a contemporary hand. Nearly half  of
the  plates  with tissue guards. Even, light browning to the paper  of
some  of the plates, very occasional spotting, but most of the  plates
are  bright  and  clean  with  wonderful  coloring.  Some  rubbing  to
bindings.  One  text volume with old dampstaining within and  without.
Both  atlas  volumes are now loose in their bindings. Very  Good  with
lovely plates indeed.                                       $10,000.00

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