LESSON (René Primevère). - Lot 96

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LESSON (René Primevère). - Lot 96
LESSON (René Primevère). Natural history of hummingbirds - Supplement to the natural history of hummingbirds. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, n.d. (1829-30). Two volumes grand in-8 of XLVI, 223 pp., 39 pl. (plus one, pl. 20 in duplicate); 86 pl., bound c. 1860 in blue half level, spine with nerves decorated with birds. First edition. 86 colour-printed and brush-finished non-text plates after Prêtre, Bévalet, etc., 86 plates. First of Lesson's three works on hummingbirds. Exceptionally enriched copy of the Supplement of 39 plates published following Lesson's second work, l'Histoire naturelle des colibris. These additional plates have been bound here directly after the text to form the first volume, the plates of the original work being reunited in a second volume. Plate 20 of the Supplement has been double-bound. Very good copy, untrimmed, in a nice bird binding. Freckles to the text. Past spines.
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