FOUCHER D'OBSONVILLE (Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude, known as). - Lot 119

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FOUCHER D'OBSONVILLE (Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude, known as). - Lot 119
FOUCHER D'OBSONVILLE (Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude, known as). Philosophical Essays on the Habits of Various Foreign Animals, with Observations on the Principles and Customs of Several Peoples. Or Excerpts from M***’s Travels in Asia. A rare and interesting work inspired by Buffon, combining zoology, comparative anthropology, and moral satire. Paris, Couturier fils, la veuve Tilliard & fils, 1783. Volume in-8 (204x 30 mm), fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated with a red morocco label and rich gilt decoration. (Binding from the 1820s–30s). (10) + VIII, 430 pp. Small tear in the top corner. At the beginning, 6 leaves with water damage at the top. The frontispiece has slight foxing. First edition illustrated with a beautiful frontispiece engraved by De Launay after Marillier. Work published anonymously, attributed to Foucher d'Obsonville. (See Barbier, Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, II, p. 276). The naturalist and writer Foucher d'Obsonville set sail for the East Indies at the age of twenty and brought back a wealth of notes describing grasshoppers, tigers, vultures, elephants, monkeys... as well as the customs and cultural practices of the peoples he encountered. Provenance: bookplate removed. A fine copy in a contemporary binding.
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