[Natural History of Monkeys] Storia Naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki Dissegnata dal Sig. H. Jacob, ed incisi al Sig. L. Rados...
Torino, Presso i Labraj, Gaetano Balbino, Giuseppe Pic, Vedova Pomba e figli, e i Fratelli Reycend. Genova, presso i Libraj, Yves Gravier, e Basso 1816. Scarce stipple, printed in sepia. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") very large margins. Foxing. An engraved titlepage for an important early monograph on primates, which contained 85 fine plates. The title is within an architectural frame, on which two monkeys sit. The entablature lists the names of important French Naturalists, headed by Buffon.
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