Monkeys.- Audebert (J.B) Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis

Monkeys.- Audebert (J.B) Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis, half-title, 61 engraved plates printed in colour and finished by hand, 2 plain plates, B1 tear right through, occasional faint spotting or surface soiling, armorial bookplate, contemporary half red morocco, spine sunned, slight discolouration to covers, rubbed, some wear to extremities, edges uncut, [Nissen ZBI 156; Wood, p. 206], folio, Paris, Desray, 1800. *** First edition of the first comprehensive monograph devoted exclusively devoted to the description of monkeys. This was also Audebert's first publication that he undertook alone, where he was responsible for the creation of the drawings and the printing process. Included in the illustrations are depictions of great apes, and more recently discovered species, such as the gall-o'-the-walls of the Pelew Islands.

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