Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 62
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 80 - $ 120
(TAXIDERMY.) Hénon, Jacques-Marie; and Mouton-Fontenille de la Clotte, Marie-Jacques-Phillippe. L'Art d'empailler les Oiseaux, contenant des Principes Nouveaux et Sûrs pour leur conserver leurs Formes et leurs Attitudes Naturelles. 5 folding engraved plates. [8], xvi, 283 pages, including half-title. 8vo, 201x121 mm, contemporary tree sheep gilt, top of spine chipped, surface wear on covers, cover corners worn through; occasional light marginal soiling and dampstaining of text, plates lightly offset; marbled edges. Lyon: Bruysset aîné, 1802

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Second edition of a guide to the preparation of bird specimens first published the year before.