Historie Naturelle des Singes and Makis
Paris: Desray, 1797-[1800]. First Edition. hardcover. 10 parts in 2 vols. 1st edition (in French). Contemporary boards, rubbing and wear at the edges, rebacked and recornered in calf, else near fine, tall (12 1/2” X 19 1/4”), clean, complete with the half–title, ad leaf, subscribers’ list, all 61 engraved color plates (using the earliest technique for color printing and finished by hand), and 2 uncolored anatomical plates. Superb quality, Audebert’s first original work, the only one published in his life using his name, and the first illustrated monograph devoted to primates. very good. Item #740
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