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Les Animaux Vivants du Monde. Histoire Naturelle

by Cornish, C.J.

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Publisher : Ernest Flammarion
Published In : Paris
Illustrations : 25 col plates, b/w photos

Description:

Vol 1: Les Mammifères. Vol 2: Oiseaux, Poissons, Reptiles, etc. Text French. Translated from the English by Ernest Guilmoto. Preface by Edmond Perrier (dated 1902). The English edition, The Living Animals of the World, was published 1901-1902.

Condition

2 vols, 4to, cont. quarter brown calf, spines gt, marbled boards and endpapers, teg; edges of boards rubbed with minor wear. Vg. From the library of coleopterist, Guillaume de Rougemont (1945-2020), with bookplate of French sportsman and writer, the Comte de Janzé (1896-1933), his maternal grandfather. Comte de Janzé was part of the infamous 'Happy Valley' set in Kenya,