Natural History Illustration of Monsters and Superstitions – Pouchet, F.A.

The Universe – Or, The Infinitely Great and The Infinitely Little. Illustrated by 270 Engravings on Wood, from Drawings by A. Paquet, Mesnel, and Emile Bayard.

Sixth Edition. London, Blackie & Son, 1882. Octavo. Frontispiece, XVI, 564 pages. Original, very decorative Prize-Binding for the “Hastings & St.Leonards-on-Sea Ladies College (English Prize for the Year 1885) / Full, dark green morocco with embossed ornament and gilt lettering on spine. Stunning, marbled endpapers with gilt ornament-border to pastedowns. Binding firm and besides some minor rubbing to spine and corners in very good+ condition.

Includes chapters on “The ANimal Kingdom / The Coral and its Builders / Insects: Marvels of Insect Organization / Slave-makers and Warlike Tribes (Talking about Insects !) / The Architecture of Birds / The Migrations of Animals / The Vegetable Kingdom / The Seed and Germination / Fossils / The Mountains – Cataclysms and Upheavals of the Globe / Caverns and Grottoes / Volcanoes and Earthquakes / Glaciers and Eternal Snows / The Sidereal Universe / The Stars and Immensity / The Nebulae / The Solar World / Popular Errors on “Monsters and Superstitions” etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue Four – International Art · Natural History – Rare · Prize Binding · Prize Bindings · Science – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29440AB

EUR 375,-- 

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