ULLIAC TREMADEURE
Les jeunes naturalistes, ou entretiens sur l'histoire naturelle
Didier|Paris 1841|11 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New revised and recast edition, illustrated with 16 plates and 2 figures enhanced and hand-colored on heavy paper, totaling 32 figures (the drawing is charming, often animated with several characters). Third edition statement, the first having appeared in 1838.
Bound in full black romantic shagreen. Smooth spines richly decorated with rocaille tooling. Covers decorated with a rocaille frame and double fillet border. Interior frieze. White moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. Relatively fresh, with foxing at the tissue guards and the plates more brown; some scattered browning. Multiple pagination, each part having its own pagination. 3 corners slightly bumped.
Very handsome copy, rare in this condition.
Bound in full black romantic shagreen. Smooth spines richly decorated with rocaille tooling. Covers decorated with a rocaille frame and double fillet border. Interior frieze. White moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. Relatively fresh, with foxing at the tissue guards and the plates more brown; some scattered browning. Multiple pagination, each part having its own pagination. 3 corners slightly bumped.
Very handsome copy, rare in this condition.
€450