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PETIT, Jean François

Nouvel essai sur l'oisellerie calqué sur les températures analogues à celle extraordinaire de 1816 [...] ou Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ou bien suite de Topographies descriptives des passages périodiques des oiseaux le long des divers fleuves et riviè
Ypres
J.B. Smaelen-Moerman
-1816
€360 - €450

8vo: [22]-93-[58, 3 bl.] pp. 19th-c. polished calf by Closs (Paris binder and gilder, 19th c.), covers with gilt triple ruled border, gilt spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, gilt sides, t.e.g., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, blue silk marker. Excellent well-preserved copy on strong paper with edges uncut.

Curious work on bird migration between the Vosges and Flanders, written by Petit, ""membre honoraire de la Société de Rétorique à Ypres"". It is adressed to ""Monsieur Lefebvre, fondateur du Collège d'Esquermes [Lille]"". At the end a 'dictionnaire aviceptologique' for bird watchers and bird catchers. Ref. Diegerick 1754 ('ouvrage bizarre')

Natural History