Dezember 2015 (A139) - Auction: 11.12.2015, 10:00
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3159. Fische, Frösche und Schlangen - Schweiz, Orbe - Combe, Jules
"REPTILLES ET POISSONS du District de l'Orbe dessinés d'après Nature par Jules Combe Vétérinaire, 1875-1880". Qu. 8°. (76) Bll. mit 44 Aquarellen und 1 Bleistifzeichnung. HLdr. Bd.(bestossen, Rücken tls. gerissen). - Einwandfrei in der Erhaltung.
Wissenschaftshistorisch bemerkenswerte Sammlung der lokalen Fauna (7x Schlangen, 10x Echsen, 6x Frösche und 22x Fische), gesammelt und dargestellt vom Ortsveterinär, Naturwissenschaftler und Lokalhistoriker, Grossrat Jules Combe (1827-1887).
Estimate: CHF 4'000 - 6'000EUR 3'640 – 5'450
Hammer Price: CHF 6'500
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