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Belon, Pierre (1517-1564) Les Observations de plusieurs Singularitez & Choses Memorables, Trouvées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres Pays Estranges.
Paris: Chez Guillaume Cavellat, 1554.
Second enlarged edition with additional illustrations; large octavo; three parts in one volume with divisional title pages; general title printed within architectural woodcut border; illustrated with numerous text woodcuts of interesting plants & creatures and some people, along with small text maps, and two folding views of the Holy Land (one woodcut, the other engraved); bound in later half calf and marbled paper boards (some water staining to contents); ex libris Paola & Bertrand Lazard, with bookplate; 8 3/4 x 6 in.
