Reptiles.- Daudin (F.M.) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière

Reptiles.- Daudin (F[rancois]. M[arie].) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles, 8 vol., first edition, 100 engraved plates (vol.1 plate 15 loose), 2 folding tables, occasional water-staining, original boards, paper labels to spines, plate count inscribed in ink to covers, rubbed, some wear to extremities, edges uncut, [Nissen ZBI 1045], 8vo, Paris, [1801-03]. *** "Of all the herpetological treatises to emerge in France immediately following the French Revolution, the most comprehensive was Daudin's. The great voyages of discovery of the 15th to 18th centuries had brought to Europe enormous masses of new plant and animal species... and into most of the 19th century, Paris was the center for herpetological studies" (S. Haines Slithy Toves. Illustrated classic Herpetological books at the University of Kansas, p.72).

Estimate:£300

View all items fromForum AuctionsorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts