VIREY, Julien-Joseph-(1775-1846), editor. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle...par, une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Paris: Chez Deterville, 1816-19. Fine copy of this vast collective dictionary of the descriptive and practical sciences, bound for the Duchesse de Berry. First issued in 1802-4, this revised and augmented edition was prepared under the direction of naturalist and anthropologist Julien-Joseph-Virey, the result of the collaboration of top French scientists of the day such as Jean-Baptiste Biot, Jacques-Martin-Cels, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Pierre André Latreille, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, and André Thouin. Brunet IV 112; Graesse IV 692. 36 volumes, octavo (209 x 126mm). 261 engraved plates by Tardieu, De Sève, Letellier, Meunier, etc., each in colored and uncolored states (occasional light spotting and toning). Contemporary French green straight-grain morocco gilt by Simier, all edges gilt, with the arms of the Duchesse de Berry (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Marie-Caroline-Ferdinande-Louise de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870; binding and Bibliothèque de Rosny bookplate).
VIREY, Julien-Joseph-(1775-1846), editor. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle...par, une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Paris: Chez Deterville, 1816-19. Fine copy of this vast collective dictionary of the descriptive and practical sciences, bound for the Duchesse de Berry. First issued in 1802-4, this revised and augmented edition was prepared under the direction of naturalist and anthropologist Julien-Joseph-Virey, the result of the collaboration of top French scientists of the day such as Jean-Baptiste Biot, Jacques-Martin-Cels, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Pierre André Latreille, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, and André Thouin. Brunet IV 112; Graesse IV 692. 36 volumes, octavo (209 x 126mm). 261 engraved plates by Tardieu, De Sève, Letellier, Meunier, etc., each in colored and uncolored states (occasional light spotting and toning). Contemporary French green straight-grain morocco gilt by Simier, all edges gilt, with the arms of the Duchesse de Berry (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Marie-Caroline-Ferdinande-Louise de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870; binding and Bibliothèque de Rosny bookplate).
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