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Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus : enrichi de planches inédites, dessinées d'après nature par M. Prêtre, gravées et coloriées avec le plus grand soin / / par R.P. Lesson.   Author:  Lesson, R. P. (René Primevère), 1794-1849. Title:  Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus : enrichi de planches inédites, dessinées d'après nature par M. Prêtre, gravées et coloriées avec le plus grand soin / / par R.P. Lesson. Publisher:  Paris ; Strasbourg : Chez F.G. Levrault ; Bruxelles : Librairie parisienne, 1830-1832. Description:  x, [1], 12-244 p., 80 leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 25 cm. Full Text:   CC0  CC0 Notes:  Issued in 16 parts. "According to the Bibliographie de la France the dates of publication of the several parts were: livr. 1 (2 sh.) 20 March 1830; livr. 2 (2 sh.) 2 October, 1830; livr. 3 (1 sh.) 29 January, 1831; livr. 6-8 (3 sh.) 9 July, 1831; livr. 13-16 (3 1/4 s.) 19 May, 1832" --BM (Nat. hist.). Engravers include Coutant; Guyard; Leleu; Mme. Massard; Mlle. Massard; Mlle. Perrot; Talbaux (Talbot); and Victor. Plates printed by Langlois. "Strasbourg, de l'imprimerie de F.G. Levrault"--Verso of half title. Also available online. Bibliography Note:  Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Cited/Indexed in:  BM (Nat. hist), v. 3, p. 1096 Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 2461 Local Note:  Elecresource SCNHRB has two copies, one incomplete. SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015066335) has uncolored plates. SCNHRB c. 1 has stamp on front paste-down: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California; date added in ms. ink: 10.III.1967. SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate on box: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper. SCNHRB c. 1 has pencilled annotations in Berry's hand on back paste-down endpaper, concerning copies of this work featured in catalogs from Wheldon & Wesley and Quaritch. SCNHRB c. 1 in original publisher's printed gray paper boards; "1832" in imprint and printed on spine; publisher's advertisements on back cover; uncut; housed in an archival cardboard box. SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015066376) imperfect: lacking t.p. and other preliminaries (x, [1]), of text p. 12-17, 220-244, and plates 76-80; other missing pages (as well as t.p.) supplied in typescript. SCNHRB c. 2 has uncolored plates. SCNHRB c. 2 typescript t.p. stamped: Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 283856. SCNHRB c. 2 bound in green library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Subject:  Zoology -- Pictorial works. Natural history -- Classification. Added Author:  Prêtre, Jean Gabriel, illustrator. Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. Added Title:  Centurie zoologique Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocm11591127 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status Copy Statement   QL46 .L62X 1830 (Internet) Electronic Resources h558078 Cataloged   Request Copy Add Copy to MyList QL46 .L62X 1830 Cullman Library Rare Books 39088015066335 Checked In c. 1 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList QL46 .L62X 1830 Cullman Library Rare Books 39088015066376 Checked In c. 2 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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