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Natural History Dialogues for Children

Natural History Dialogues for Children

Original title : DUBROCA Entretiens d'un père avec ses enfans, sur l'Histoire naturelle 1797

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DUBROCA, J.-F. A parent's discussions with children on natural history. Illustrated with four hundred figures. Elementary work. Published and arranged by J.-F. Dubroca, former professor. Paris: Chez Des Essarts, Delance printer, Year 6 (1797). First edition. Full leather binding, missing headcap, corner wear, 16.5 x 10 cm. Volume V only. Includes tables and plates. 84 pp., 13 fold-out plates including…

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DUBROCA, J.-F. A parent's discussions with children on natural history. Illustrated with four hundred figures. Elementary work. Published and arranged by J.-F. Dubroca, former professor. Paris: Chez Des Essarts, Delance printer, Year 6 (1797). First edition. Full leather binding, missing headcap, corner wear, 16.5 x 10 cm. Volume V only. Includes tables and plates. 84 pp., 13 fold-out plates including a world map, with numerous figures. A popularizing work adorned with beautiful figures by Blanchard: vine stock, parrot, an anteater, armadillo, head of Medusa, crab, water rat, two Lapp people, a fisherman with axe in hand preparing to cut up a whale, a giraffe. Very rare.

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