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A beautifully designed plant rack - as beautifully illustrated
A seldom seen publication on French reptiles
On oysters and their parasites
The complete reprint - almost as rare as the original
Tempère, J. (ed.)
Le Diatomiste. Journal spécial s'occupant exclusivement des Diatomées et de tout ce qui s'y rattache. Volumes 1 - 2. [All Published].
Paris, J. Tempère, 1890-1896. [Reprint Lochum, Antiquariaat Junk, 1974]. Two volumes in two. Large 4to. 481 pp. [180, vi, 35; 260]; numerous plates and text illustrations. Republisher's uniform printed wrappers.
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€100.00
Well-illustrated, well-preserved fossils
Coquand, H. [J. B.]
Synopsis des animaux et des végétaux fossiles observés dans les formations secondaires de la Charente, de la Charente-inférieure et de la Dordogne.
Marseille, Barlatier-Feissat et Demonchy [for the author], 1860. 8vo (22.6 x 14.7 cm). 146 pp.; original printed wrappers.
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€120.00
A finely illustrated paper on Mediterranean Tunicata
Vogt, C. [C.]
Recherches sur les animaux inférieurs de la Mediterranée, seconde mémoire, sur les tuniciers nageants de la Mer de Nice.
Geneve, l'Institut Genevois, 1854. 4to (30.2 x 23.6 cm). 102 pp.; six tinted (one additionally hand-coloured) lithographed plates. Contemporary (original?) blind-tooled boards with gilt title on the spine.
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€120.00
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On taxonomy and nomenclature
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A fine and rare, 18th-century, early colour-printed plate
America versus Europe: the battle of the oysters
A fine and rare, 18th-century, early colour-printed fern-plate
