François LEVAILLANT (1753, Paramaribo - La Noue, 1824) Natural history of birds of paradise and rolliers, followed by that of toucans and bearded animals, by François Levaillant. Volume one. Volume two. Paris, at Denné le jeune, bookshop, rue Vivienne n°10. (And) at Perlet's, bookshop, rue de Tournon. [1801]-1806. Two large volumes in-folio (530 x 340 mm), uncut. 1/2 calf in cherry leather; spines decorated with large "bird" irons, drawn by Bozérian Aîné. Bindings from the time, attributable to Bozérian Aîné's workshop (Scattered freckles. Bits of the first plate of volume II slightly cracked in the tail, about 10 cm long. Defect at mid-height on the gutter cut of volume II; cuts and corners rubbed). Volume I: (2 leaves), 158 pages, II pages. 56 plates protected by Chinese snakes. (Plates 5 and 54 are before the letter. Plate 14 is numbered 16 by mistake. Plates 20 and 21 are folding). Volume II: (2 leaves), 133 pages, II pages, 58 plates numbered 57, protected by Chinese snakes. (A plate designated by the letter A is placed between plates 37 and 38). Text and plates printed on wove paper. Copy of the deluxe edition, large folio format, in its publisher's binding. Provenance: Breton library.
Certificate of free circulation.
Deluxe copy of a large folio with one hundred and fourteen plates engraved in color by Langlois after Barraband. Among the most beautiful birds in the world by Levaillant at the climax of his career. Extended by the expert Paul Veyssière on rouillac.com.
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