Levaillant, François Histoire naturelle des perroquets. Paris: Chez Levrault, frères, 1801-1805 2 volumes, folio (20 x 12 ¾ in.; 518 x 324 mm). 145 fine plates after Jacques Barraband etched and printed in color by Langlois under the direction of Bouquet, retouched by hand; slight marginal foxing in last leaves of first volume. Nineteenth-century salmon morocco, gilt roll-tooled floral border, spine richly gilt, gold-stamped title with imprint date "1807"[sic]; spines sun-bleached, edges rubbed, a few scrapes and scuff marks.
Levaillant, François Histoire naturelle des perroquets. Paris: Chez Levrault, frères, 1801-1805 2 volumes, folio (20 x 12 ¾ in.; 518 x 324 mm). 145 fine plates after Jacques Barraband etched and printed in color by Langlois under the direction of Bouquet, retouched by hand; slight marginal foxing in last leaves of first volume. Nineteenth-century salmon morocco, gilt roll-tooled floral border, spine richly gilt, gold-stamped title with imprint date "1807"[sic]; spines sun-bleached, edges rubbed, a few scrapes and scuff marks.
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