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(ALLETZ, P.A.) - Histoire des singes, et autres animaux curieux, dont l'instinct & l'industrie excitent l'admiration des hommes, comme les Éléphans, Les Castors, & c.

Paris, Chez Duchesne, Libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au-dessous de la Fontaine Saint Benoît, au Temple du Goût, 1752. 8vo. W. small woodc. vignette on pr. title. 19th c. 'papier dominotiers' paper covers. ( (i) - x, (11) - 213, III (Privilege & 1 blank) pp.). (A few quires some light browning, a few foxed spots.). (Ample blank margins; uncut). First edition. Barbier vol. II, p. 768 c: a very good uncut copy in decorated paper covers. Early treatise on animal behaviour and animal psychology. Discussing the different species of monkeys, their social and group behaviour, their illnesses; Also on elephants, dolphins, bird song, homing pigeons, the language of animals, the construction of nests by birds and their care for their young ones, birds of passage etc.
EUR 280.00 [Appr.: US$ 320.04 | £UK 242.5 | JP¥ 48178] Book number 13814

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