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Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.
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Petite Volière, La. Marcilly, Rue St. Jacques, No. 10. Paris. Circa 1820.

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viii, 88 printed pages. Six beautifully, hand-coloured plates. Engraved title page with hand-coloured vignette. Printed by Typographie de Pinard, rue d'Anjou-Dauphine, no.8. Descriptions and poems on small songbirds. "exceptionally rare and beautiful little book. ...equally distinguished for its text, printing, illustrations, and binding" (Spielmann). Small stain on half title-page. Original cream endpapers. All edges gilt. Contemporary ink ownership inscription in French on front free endpaper, dated 1834. Provenance: Mademoiselle Parkin.  42 x 60 mm. Original purple printed paper-covered boards with matching slipcase with stylised birdcage; somewhat rubbed. Lower oblong section of slipcase missing. Not in Bondy. Nauroy, 406. Neelands/Joffe, 99. Spielmann, 406B ("exceptionally rare and beautiful little book with descriptions of various birds, and charming poems on them"). Welsh, 5640. OCLC, 701552709. WorldCat locates 5 copies worldwide (Leeds, Indiana, Oxford Universities, Pierpont Morgan , & Trinity College Conneticut).      

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