France
194 items found
America versus Europe: the battle of the oysters
With a little help of a friend
A fine and rare, 18th-century, early colour-printed plate
A superbly illustrated and scientifically highly important work on the malacofauna north of the Pyrenees
Gassies, J. B.
Tableau méthodique et descriptif des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de l'Agenais.
Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1849. 8vo (23.0 x 15.3 cm). 209 [iv (index)] pp.; four tissue-guarded hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic. Contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt four raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
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€175.00
Rare copy - inscribed by the author
On books and a library
A fine letter from Tunisia
Jurassic under water park
A rare original photo of the influential French chemist Marcellin Berthelot
A seldom-seen, early geological description of eastern France
Bonnard, A. H. De
Sur la constance des faits géognostiques, qui accompagnent le gisement du terrain d'Arkose à l'est du Plateau Central de la France.
Paris, Mme Huzard, 1828. 8vo (21.5 x 13.3 cm). 106 pp.; three folded engraved geological profiles. Contemporary polished half calf. Spine with five raised, gilt-bordered bands and gilt title on red morocco shield. Marbled flyleaves.
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€200.00
A dedicated follower of Rembrandt
