c.1900(?) Au Hasard du Chemin

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FULL TITLE:  Au hasard du chemin. Voyage de jeunes naturalistes de la Manche aux Alpes. Etudes pittoresque des bêtes, des plantes, des pierres. Leur description, station, classification, moeurs, usages, récolte, conservation avec 666 illustrations, 20 Chromo et Planches hors texte

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Written by  Meunier (Stanislas), M. et Mme

Published by  J. Rothschild, Paris, 13, Rue des Saints-Pères, 13

 

DESCRIPTION:

A lovely, late 19th-century book about the voyages of young naturalists in the Alps, copiously illustrated with pictorial studies of animals, plants, and rocks. 

Meunier (Stanislas), M. et Mme. Au Hasard du Chemin. France: J. Rothschild, ND (c.1900).  Bound in red cloth with gold gilt title on decorated spine, and gilt fore-edge; Large octavo, pp.384; Title page printed in red and black; 666 black and white illustrations, along with 20 full colour chromolithograph plates, hors-texte

CONDITION: Very good codition, interior in very good condition with few issues, circular stains on front cover, back board with water damage and white discolouration, along with general wear and stains. 

BOOK MEASUREMENTS: Large Octavo, 28 cm X  20 cm

TOTAL LENGTH: pp.384, 666 in-text black and white illustrations, along with 20 full-colour chromoligraph plates, hors-texte.