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Pictorial Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. First English Language Edition. Minimal wear to boards. Two small library ink stamps inside and a minor label remnant to ffep. No other library additions or remnants. A very minor paper clip indentation to fore-edge of two pages only. Otherwise very clean. Binding tight. 392pp In September 2009, the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre published a major compilation of Madame Bonnemains's lifelong efforts in a highly illustrated 400-page album Charles-Alexandre Lesueur Lesueur, Peintre Voyageur: un Trésor Oublié (Paris: Editions de Conti, 2009). This is the English edition. On 19 October 1800, Charles-Alexandre Lesueur set sail on a voyage of discovery to the Southern Lands led by Nicolas Baudin. He soon demonstrated his talents as a natural history artist. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, during a golden age for natural history and learned societies, he travelled constantly throughout his life. His sketchbooks and vellums provide a record of the animals, landscapes and indigenous people he encountered. Size: 260mm x 290mm. Book.…