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<dl><dd>Vol. designation from half-titles</dd>
<dd>Wording on t.p. of t. 2 is identical to t.p. of t. 1, although t. 2 has a distinctive caption title: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux</dd>
<dd>"Imprimerie de Lacrampe"--Verso of half-title</dd>
<dd>Pagination: t. 1: 660 [i.e. 676] p., [71] leaves of plates; t. 2: 733 p., [49] leaves of plates</dd>
<dd>The preliminary leaves are printed on thicker paper than the text leaves</dd>
<dd>Pages 673-676 of t. 1 misnumbered 657-660</dd>
<dd>Text in double columns</dd>
<dd>Hand-colored ill.; the plates are accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references</dd>
<dd>t. 1. Races humaines et mammifères -- t. 2. Races humaines et mammifères [i.e. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux]</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy (t. 1, 39088010317600; t. 2, 39088008657975) has stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Richmond Collection; accession nos. 269744-269745</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has tipped-in ms. ink notes ([1] p.) inserted at the front of each volume, bearing Richmond's remarks on the publication history of this edition</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of t. 2 has bookseller's printed label: Librairie Jacques LeChevalier ... Paris</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of t. 1 has brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine; t. 2 has old floral-patterned brown embossed paperboard binding with gilt-stamped leather spine label and is housed in a later archival paperboard box for preservation</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Mammals; Birds; Anthropology</div>
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<dl><dd>Lesson, R. P. (René Primevère), 1794-1849</dd>
<dd>Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788</dd>
<dd>Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Imprimerie de Lacrampe, printer</dd>
<dd>Jacques LeChevalier (Firm), bookseller. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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