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SWAMMERDAM, J. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam. Dijon, Desventes, 1758. 4to (265 x 205mm). pp. lx, 673, with 36 folded engraved plates. Recent halfcalf, gilt lettered spine. EUR 950
Siebold was the first western scientist to fully explore the fauna of Japan
SIEBOLD, P.F. VON. Fauna Japonica: TEMMINCK, C.J. Aperçu générale et spécifique sur les Mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les iles qui en dépendent (bound up with:) Les Mammifères Marins. Lugduni Batavorum, Arnz, (1842-1844). Folio (415 x 305mm). pp. (4), 1-41 (of 59); 26, with 30 (23 finely hand-coloured) lithographed plates. Disbou... EUR 6,500
FALCONRY- A JAPANESE LARGE DRAWING OF A FALCON TIED WITH A LEASH TO A PERCH. The drawing measures 280 x 690mm. and is early 19th century. EUR 1,200
