HISTORIE NATURELLE POUR LA JEUNESSE, Contenant L’Histoire Abrégée De Animaux:
Paris: Librairie Pittoresque De La Jeunesse, 1851. With a biographical notice on Arnaud Berquin by J.C. Demerville. This is a beautifully preserved copy of this updated 19th century edition of Berquin’s INTRODUCTION FAMILIÈRE À LA SCIENCE DE LA NATURE written over a half century earlier. “Despite the popularity of the work of Mme Le Prince de Beaumont, Mme d’Epinay and Mme de Genlis, it is Arnaud Berquin(1747-1791) who is most often credited with being the real pioneer of children’s literature in France.” (Brown, P.E. A CRITICAL HISTORY OF FRENCH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. Vol.One: 1600-1830, P. 147. 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm); xvi + (i) +221 pp. with 150 wood-engraved text illustrations + 12 colored lithographic plates.
Original decoratively gilt cloth over boards; original endpapers; a red pen notation on flyleaf, a.e.g. Near fine.
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CATALOGUE OF PATENT TERRA COTTA ENAMELED VASES. -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
CIVIC ART. -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
CIVIC ART. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
AN UNUSUAL VIEW OF “CLAIES” COVERING A GLASSHOUSE. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
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CIVIC ART. -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
40 AGRICULTURAL COTTAGES IN CORNWALL. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
CIVIC ART. -
DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE DE LA ROSE. -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
DE LA COMPOSITION DES PARCS ET JARDINS PITTORESQUES, -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE.