Item 13004Le Jardin Des Plantes. Description Complete, Historique et Pittoresque Du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle De La Menagerie, Des Serres, Des Galeries De Mineralogie et d'Anatomie, et De La Vallee Suisse.
Paris: L. Curmer, 1842. Hardcover. xxiv + 413pp. Half-leather & marbled boards; raised bands; gilt-decorated spine coffers; spine lettering gilt; marbled endpapers. Countless wood & steel engraved plates and textual illustrations; 12 hand-coloured colourpates. Extremities rubbed with slight wear to corners; some light foxing throughout, only marginally affecting a few.....