Songbirds of the Torrid Zone
by Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Jacket, As Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0931480396
- ISBN 13
- 9780931480393
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Volair Limited, Kent, OH, 1979. Book. Illus. by Jean Gabriel Pretre. Fine Condition. Leather Bound. 291 pages. Hardcover, handsomely bound in blue-black leather with gold stamping and gold edging to the pageblock. Number 394 in a limited edition of 1500. Previous owner's name is discreetly stamped in red on the limitation card that is laid in. Else, the binding is bright, tight, sharp and clean, with an unmarked interior. Deluxe edition jointly published with the National Audubon Society, originally published in twelve parts between 1805-1809 under the title Histoire Naturelle des plus Beaux Oiseaux de la Zone Torride. First rate quality photo reproductions of the original 19th century color engravings by Louis Bouquet from drawings made by Jean Gabriel Pretre..
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- Bookseller
- Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020180
- Title
- Songbirds of the Torrid Zone
- Author
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre
- Illustrator
- Jean Gabriel Pretre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0931480396
- ISBN 13
- 9780931480393
- Publisher
- Volair Limited, Kent, OH
- Place of Publication
- Kent, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1979
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