Encyclopédie d’Histoire Naturelle … Quadrumanes

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Paris, France, Maresq, 1851

soiled binding as shown

1851 Encyclopédie d’Histoire Naturelle … Quadrumanes, Le Dr. Chenu [Jean-Charles Chenu]. 31 volumes of the encyclopedia were published from 1851 to 1861. This volume on primates is particularly interesting, given that it predates Darwin’s Origin of Species, and declares how close humans are to apes. 512 pages + title page + errata. Binding soiled as shown.