France
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Improving published works
[after T. H. Ekart]
Synopsis Hepaticarum. Descriptiones Jungermanniarum. [Original Manuscript].
France, no place, no date [ca. 1860-1880]. Small folio (24.7 x 20.0 cm). Manuscript of 46 pp. with 31 original, fine, mounted, ink drawings of liverworts, most with handwritten descriptions at the foot or on loose leaflets. Patterned quarter linen over burgundy grained linen. Marbled endpapers
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€750.00
Two zoologists, grabbed by crabs
Alexander Agassiz in search of crustacean knowledge
The SI unit of electric current is named after him
Rare first edition of a work dealing with the greatest French hydraulic achievement
Andreossy, [A.] F.
Histoire du Canal du Midi, connu précédemment sous le nom de Canal de Languedoc.
Paris, F. Dufart, An VIII [1799 or 1800]. 8vo (19.6 x 12.4 cm). Half-title, title page, 415 pp. (numbered [i]-xl, 41-414,[i]); one very large, multi-folded map and five folded charts including one very large, multi-folded). 19th-century polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
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€1,250.00
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV-style flower designs
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
A fine example of 18th-century Louis XV style flower designs
