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GRAY, J.E. Synopsis Reptilium; or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I. Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles and Enaliosaurians. London, Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., 1831. 8vo. pp. 85, with 11 plates. Disbound. EUR 500
important book dealing with the history of zoological illustration through the centuries
NISSEN, C. Tierbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten. Muenchen 1968. 4to. pp. 108, (1), with frontispiece. Publisher's printed wrappers (together with:) Sixty original plates (many handcoloured) from G... EUR 2,500
French artists such as Jaume St. Hilaire, Bessa, Turpin and Redouté rose almost immediately to world pre-eminence
JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE, J.H. La Flore et la Pomone Françaises, ou histoire et figure en couleur, des fleurs et des fruits de France ou naturalisés sur le sol français. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1828 (-1835). 4 volumes. Royal-8vo (260 x 170mm). With 540 (of 544) fine engraved plates printed in colours with handfinishin... EUR 5,800