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Raspail, X.

Oeuvres ornithologiques. [Dedication copy signed by the author].

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Raspail, X.

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Paris, Société Ornithologique et Mammalogique de France, 1931. Large 8vo (25.1 x 16.5 cm). 447, [iv] pp.; 14 plates, portrait. Original printed wrappers. In transparent protective sleeve. = The only edition of 's Raspail's collected ornithological work, including a bibliography and portrait of the author. An uncommon book, but this copy is special as it contains, on the half title, a handwritten dedication by the author's son to Robert Villatte des Prûgnes. Xavier [or François-Xavier] Raspail (1844-1926) was a French medical doctor and ornithologist. Villatte des Prûgnes (1869-1965) was a French agronomist, ornithologist and writer of books about hunting, fishing and country life. Uncut, as published. Some light, scattered foxing; wrappers tender at folds; otherwise a very good copy. Ronsil, 2502.
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