Le Petit Naturaliste. Marcilly. Rue St. Jacques, no. 10. Paris. 1829. No date but 1829. 128 printed pages in French (extremely light spotting). 12 plates. Printed by A. Firmin Didot. All edges gilt. Contemporary ink inscription on front paste-down endpaper. Provenance: Isabella Newcombe. 68 x 50mm. Original purple card; printed in black with 'Le Petit Naturaliste' on spine below anthemion and above foliage motifs; front cover with image of an eagle above the tree-line on a mountain top, within elaborate scrolling border; back cover with two pairs of beavers (very slightly worn down the spine). Complete with original matching printed slipcase; printed with black design of a fox on the front and an elephant on the back; faded, rubbed and a little worn at edges. Gumuchian, 4127. Houghton, 118. Nauroy, 74. Welsh, 5582. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. WorldCat locates a total of 6 complete and one imperfect copies, none in the UK. OCLC, 460828770. 116 firsts2024