LESSON (RENE PRIMEVERE)


Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches, 86 hand-coloured engraved plates [Anker 291; Nissen IVB 547], [1829–1830]; Histoire naturelle des colibris, suivie d'un supplément a l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux mouches, 66 hand-coloured engraved plates, [Anker 293; Nissen IVB 548], [1830–1832]; Les trochilidées ou les colibris et les oiseaux-mouches, 66 hand-coloured engraved plates [Anker 294; Nissen IVB 549], [1832–1833]; Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques, 43 hand-coloured engraved plates [Anker 296; Nissen IVB 550], [1834–1835], together 4 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, half-titles, spotting to text leaves, some plates with varying degrees of oxidisation or browning, uniformly bound in nineteenth century red morocco, sides with ornate roll-tool borders, stylised floral cornerpieces and floral centrepieces, spines gilt with repeated floral pattern in 3 compartments, g.e., white watered silk endpapers, 8vo (225 x 140mm.), Paris, Arthus Bertrand (4)
|A HANDSOMELY BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF LESSON'S MONOGRAPHS.Provenance: Dr Baumann, Utrecht, 31 December 1954, booklabels.