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Grasset, E. (ed.)
La plante et ses applications ornementales [AND] La plante et ses applications ornementales. Deuxième série. [Complete].
Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts E. Lévy, 1896. Two parts in two. Folio (45.6 x 34.4 cm). Two half-titles, and two title pages in red and black, iii pp. (introduction by Grasset); 144 chromolithographed plates [72; 72]. Original pictorial boards.
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Humboldt, [F. W. H.] A. and T. Bromme (ed.)
Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. [AND] Atlas zu Alex. v. Humboldt's Kosmos in zweiundvierzig Tafeln mit erläuterndem Texte.
Stuttgart and Tübingen, J. C. Gotta 1845-1862; Stuttgart, Krais & Hoffmann, 1851. Five text volumes and atlas in six. Text: 8vo (22.5 x 13.3 cm) 3644 pp. [I (1845): xvi, 493; II (1847): 544; III (1850): 644; IV (1858): 650; V (1862): 1297]; uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt ornamental bands and title. Atlas: oblong folio (28.5 x 34.5 cm). Two title pages, [i], 136 pp.; 43 finely engraved and hand-coloured plates with maps, graphs, views, etc.). Blind half morocco over original iridescent boards with gilt title on the front board. All edges red.
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Junghuhn, F.
Java-Album: Landschafts-Ansichten von Java, nach der Natur aufgenommen von Franz Junghuhn.
Leipzig, Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1856. Oblong folio (38.0 x 53.8 cm). Letterpress title, and two-page description of the plates; eleven fine chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand. Loose as issued in original pictorial portfolio, front cover with mounted lithographed illustration and an embossed glazed gilt decoration.
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Klein, J. T.
Tentamen herpetologiae. Cum perpetuo commentario. Accessit J. A. Unzeri Observatio de taeniis. Latine reddita, cum dubiis circa eandem.
Leidae & Gottigae, Elias Luzac Jun., 1755. 4to (26.2 x 21.0 cm). Title in red and black; [ii], 72 pp.; two large, double-folded engraved plates. Contemporary blind half vellum over marbled boards. Speckled edges.
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Kofod, B. P.
Om slanger i almindelighed og om de forgivtige Slanger, bibelen berører, tilligemed nogle antiqvariske tilloeg.
Kjøbenhavn, Boas & Brünnich, 1799. 8vo (17.3 x 10.5 cm). Title page, [vi], 294, [ii] pp.; one large, folded, engraved plate. Contemporary full tree calf. Spine with gilt bands and vignettes, and red morocco label with gilt title. Boards with gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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