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2021SBS-9781645340539AcademiQ 2021. Hardcover. New. AcademiQ hardcover
2021SBS-9781645340546AcademiQ 2021. Hardcover. New. AcademiQ hardcover
2021SBS-9781645340546AcademiQ 2021. Hardcover. New. AcademiQ hardcover
20171-3330779233Edizioni Accademiche Italiane 2017. Paperback. New. 136 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.31 inches. Edizioni Accademiche Italiane paperback
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1839Flo441<p>Very good copy of the plates volume only from Lesson's supplement to Buffon's massive Natural History</p><p>Complete with 118 fine handcoloured stipple-engraved plates 70 mammals and 48 birds</p><p>Many of the plates depict extinct or endangered species.</p><p>Includes the red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens endangered on a plate with a hog badger Arctonyx collaris.</p><p>Includes three extinct species: Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus South Island kokako Callaeas cinereus and Delalande's coua Coua delalandei.</p><p>Nine critically endangered species: Spix's macaw Cyanopsitta spixii screwhorn antelope Addax nasomaculatus Indri or babakoto Indri indri red ruffed lemur Varecia rubra Talaud bear cuscus Ailurops melanotis Short-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla chinchilla Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus midget buffalo Bubalus depressicornis and North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis.</p><p>11 endangered species: red panda or lesser panda Ailurus fulgens Western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus purple-faced langur Trachypithecus vetulus wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus banded hare-wallaby or munning Lagostrophus fasciatus Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus South Asian river dolphin Platanista gangetic Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Micronesian scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse Kuhl's lorikeet Vini kuhlii and New Zealand kaka Nestor meridionalis.</p><p>René Primevère Lesson 1794-1849 was a French surgeon naturalist ornithologist and director of the Rochefort zoological garden. A medical officer in the royal navy he was second surgeon aboard the <em>Coquille</em> on Duperrey's scientific expedition from 1822 to 1825. He is most famous for his works on hummingbirds <em>Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches </em>and<em> Histoire Naturelle des Colibris</em> 1830-31.</p><p>Red morocco spine decorated in black and gilt blue marble boards leather rubbed and boards scuffed and worn at edges. Lacks title page complete with 118 fine engraved plates all with delicate handcolour. A few plates with faint spotting. No artist or engraver information on the plates but many Australian species some copied from Charles Alexandre Lesueur's illustrations to Peron and Freycinet's <em>Voyage of Discovery</em> 1807.</p> Pourrat Freres hardcover
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183928746<p>Very Good. First edition. Paris: P. Pourrat Frères 1839. Two volumes octavo. Bound in matching 19th-century quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines. Secure binding internally clean aside from even age toning and mild foxing. A complete copy featuring 41 full-page engravings illustrating ethnographic scenes animals and botanical specimens encountered during the French scientific expedition of the La Coquille from 1822 to 1825. Authored by René Primevère Lesson ship's surgeon and naturalist this narrative is foundational in French maritime and scientific literature covering a route through South America Oceania and Southeast Asia. Includes observations on indigenous cultures and biodiversity including detailed coverage of Brazil Tahiti Port Jackson New Guinea and Mauritius. Plates are clean impressions on thick stock. A desirable and historically significant work from the early 19th-century era of scientific exploration. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> P. Pourrat Frères hardcover