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A seldom seen publication on French reptiles
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. 481pp. [180, vi, 35; 260]; numerous plates and text illustrations. Republisher's uniform printed wrappers.
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€100.00
A beautifully designed plant rack - as beautifully illustrated
On oysters and their parasites
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
Where to go?
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
On taxonomy and nomenclature
A fine and rare, 18th-century, early colour-printed plate
A fine and rare, 18th-century, early colour-printed fern-plate
With a little help of a friend
America versus Europe: the battle of the oysters
On books and a library
Rare copy - inscribed by the author
A fine letter from Tunisia
Jurassic under water park
A rare original photo of the influential French chemist Marcellin Berthelot
...from a time when tobacco was at its most popular
[Tobacco]
Premier Congrès Scientifique Internationale du Tabac / First International Scientific Tobacco Congress. Paris - Bergerac Septembre 1955.
Paris, CORESTA,1956. Two volumes in three. Large 8vo (25.5 x 17.8 cm). Two full colour frontispieces (mounted), lxxx, 803; 10 pp. numerous text figures, 15 plates. Original uniform printed cloth (both main volumes), and blind blue wrappers (CORESTA list of founders, members, programs and statutes). Marbled endpapers.
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€200.00
A dedicated follower of Rembrandt
A fine portrait of the father of modern crystallography
A nice portrait of a famous French scientist
What species of cowry is this?
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A very rare contemporarily coloured plate from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie
