Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ornithologie /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonnaterre, abbé (Pierre Joseph), approximately 1752-1804
Other Authors: Vieillot, L. P. (Louis Pierre), 1748-1831, Bénard, Robert, 1734- (Engraver), Agasse, Antoinette-Pauline, 1769-1843 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: A Paris : Chez Mme. veuve Agasse ..., 1823.
Series:Encyclopédie méthodique ; t.10:suppl.1.
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Description
Item Description:Published as part of the Encyclopédie méthodique (histoire naturelle).
Plates mostly signed by Bénard; other engravers and illustrators include: Barrois, Deseve, Drouet, Pierron, and Mlle. Cornu.
Text in double columns.
Vignette on title page's; tail-pieces.
Continuously paged.
Plates number 3 and 188 are double plates.
According to the "Avis" at the front of each volume, seven of the plates (nos. 241-247?) are to be found in "tome VII du Recueil", under the title, "Manière de connaître les oiseaux par le bec et par les pattes".
Copy 2 of ptie 1 has added title page's dated 1790 and 1791.
Physical Description:3 volumes (xcvij, 1460 pages) ; 32 cm. + 1 atlas (247 [i.e. 245] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
Place of Publication:France -- Paris.