Centurie Zoologique ou Choix d'Animaux Rares nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus; ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Paris: F.G. Levrault 1830 (-1832). Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. printed boards (skilfully respined). (244pp.). With 80 full-page hand-coloured engrv. plates each with a protective tissue-guard after drawings by J.-G. Pretre. 1st edition. Fine crisp copy complete with half-title page. The stunning plates include 42 illustrating tropical birds. Wood p. 433. Preserved in a specially made clam-shell folding case fleece lined by Aquarius London.