- Some lvs. loose(ning); contents in very fine, untrimmed condition. Paper over spine lacking; outer corners bumped.

= Mainly on (the fabrication of) various kinds of cloth and clothes, incl. cotton, "Dentelle", "Lingère", "Rubans" and "Soierie" (123 plates, incl. 27 double-p. plates).

- A few lvs. sl. browned; some plates sl. foxed in (blank) margin. Upper joint split (but holding). Good, nicely bound copy from the libraries of B. BÜCH and entomologists S. BENGTSSON and K. EHNBOM (bookplates).

= Nissen, ZBI 2618; Garrison/ Morton 305; Horn/ Schenkling p.772; DSB VIII, p.579f. "Lyonet's great monograph on the goat moth caterpillar remains today among the greatest examples of anatomical examination." (Garrison/ Morton). "Traité anatomique is devoted wholly to the anatomy of the caterpillar (...) and the plates, drawn and engraved by Lyonet, portray the muscles, nerves, bronchia, heart, viscera, silk vessels, and the internal parts of the head with astonishing precision". (DSB). In this second edition, Lyonet added a plate of his well-known microscope.

- Series title lacks in vol. 2, and in vol. 3 and 5 mounted to upper pastedown; all vols. w. owner's entry on title-p.; vol. 2 plates loose(ning); occas. sl. foxed.

= Schriften des Deutschen Lehrervereins für Naturkunde, vol. 22, 24, 26, 27 and 33. Without the supplement vol. by S. Schenkling. Nissen, ZBI 3359.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Frontcover loose; binding worn.

= Nissen 3558; Hagen II, p.104; Horn/ Schenkling p.1038.

- Title-vignette and ills. partly sl. crudely handcol.; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding sl. rubbed.

= Rare work, mostly on gardening, but also on hunting and husbandry. With a chapter to each month explaining which plants should be planted, pruned and or when to take cuttings.

- Lacks vol.5 (containing plate 329-406); vol.7 one quire loose(ning);.vol.8 lacks 4 plates (539, 540 and 548, 549) and upper hinge split; vol.IX lacks p.670-671; occas. sl. waterstained (mainly at beginning and/ or end of the final 3 vols. and only affecting a few plates); plates partly yellowed or browned.

= A rich and very varied collection of plates in fine handcolouring, occas. heightened w. gold or silver. The plates are remarkable, especially in the combinations of animals and natural phenomena: insects, birds, plants, molluscs, shells, worms, quadrupeds, geological and climatological illustrations etc. etc., and seem inspired by the plates found in Munting's Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen. Nissen, ZBI 4516. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.

- Good/ fine copy. = Sloos 818-06.

- Plates (sl.) foxed; each vol. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Backstrips of 2 vols. loosening; extremities sl. worn.

- Sl. foxed. Covers loose(ning); top of spine lacks portion.

= Thiébaud 100; Souhart 58; Schwerdt I, p.71.

- Lower hinge sl. weak; otherwise a very fine copy.

= Schwerdt IV, p.92; Wood p.519; Zimmer p.623. "An important item in the treatise, which is profusely illustrated with figures of birds and hunting scenes, lies in the description of Persian accipitres, with their English names" (Wood).

- Plates partly creased/ soiled. Contents partly loose(ning). Bindings worn/ dam. Sold w.a.f.

- Apart from owner's entry on upper pastedown and title-p. of all vols. and some scattered annots. and occasional light foxing, contents fine. Unassuming bindings in good/ fine condition.

= Typical 18th century handbook/ encyclopaedia containing a mine of practical knowledge enabling the landlord of a mansion to manage his day-to-day affairs in a responsible manner. Including the Supplement.

- Lacks one fold. plate, one fold. table and one half of another fold. plate, otherwise complete; first few (blank) leaves in vol.I waterstained in inner margin (not visible on recto of frontisp.); one textleaf dam. w. loss of words; several fold. plates creased on folds or w. (closed) tears. Most vols. covers worn/ nibbled by rodents, spine-ends occas. also affected; corners sl. rubbed.

= Incl. one duplicate plate. Interesting provenance: the set was awarded as schoolprize ("1ere Classe 1er Prix 1808") at the "Ecole Vétérinaire d'Alfort [nowadays Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne]". This veterinary school was established in 1765, and is still a highly esteemed institution. Included in the lot are two manuscript documents: a letter to his father by the student César Marangé who received the present set on graduating as the best of his class in 1808, and the (anonymous) text of the speech delivered at the burial of César Marangé in April 1872. In the affectionate and lively letter by César Marangé to his father he describes his pride and his deeply felt gratitude on receiving this grand set of "12 gros volumes par Mr. l'Abbé Rozier" out of the hands of the Minister of the Interior. He ends his letter with the eternal question bothering students, the lack of money: "Vous pouvez, si cela vous fait plaisir, m'envoyer de l'argent car je n'en ai plus guère. Répondez moi de suite et dites moi si vous ne m'envoyez pas d'argent dans votre lettre où j'en pourrais toucher ...".

- Some foxing. Binding rubbed and sl. worn. Uncut copy.

= Westwood & Satchell p.35; Nissen, Schöne Fischbücher 16.

= Very rare. Nissen, ZBI 4514.

- Two plates loose; first plate sl. waterst. Sl. worn along extremities. = The rare first edition.

- Owner's entry on verso first blank; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends worn; cloth sl. discoloured/ soiled; corners bumped.

= Cf. Nissen, ZBI 2892, listing a 3rd edition published by Groombridge & Sons, 1870.