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RIBELLE, CHARLES DE; Histoire des animaux célèbres industrieux, intelligents ou extraordinaires et des chiens savants y compris l'histoire vérdique de chien de Jean de Nivelle. Ouvrage moral, insrtructif et amusant. Amable Rigaud, Paris, MDCCCLIX (1859.) First edition. Hardbound, tall 8:o in a contemporary brown, leatherbacked cloth binding. Spine gilt decorated and all edges gilt. Boards blindstamped. Slightly rubbed binding, but in very good condition. Endpapers spotted and the first and last pages foxed. In the beginning and the end slightly dampstained in lower margin and inner hinges. Illustrated with eight (8) interesting, toned lithographs behind tissue-gards and a number of charming vignettes of animals. Curious book dealing with all kind of animals like the artillery elephant (lithographed) , the horses of Alexandre, Henri IV and Caligula, wise dogs etc. (IV), 239 p. DKK~ 640 NOK~ 680 SEK 800 EUR~ 85 USD~ 133 GBP~ 57 JPY~ 13.910 · KUL23917 · Antikvariat Kulturbryggarna AB, Malmö (SE) ·

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