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(Histoire naturelle) -   -[SHAW, George].-   Vivarium naturae, sive Rerum naturalium, variae et vividae icones, ad ipsam naturam. Depictae et descriptae. The naturalist's miscellany : or Coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature. [ LONDON,  PRINTED FOR  NODDER,   1789 [- 1793]]. 4 (of 24) vol. in-8°; engr. title and 146 plates (text n.c., plates slightly yellowed, foxing, colour discharges to text lvs facing the plates, some margins of plates slightly cut off, dampstains in vol. I and large in the beginning, big tear without lack in plate 23 of the same vol. partly reinforced). 19th Century binding : veined calf, gilt decorated flat spines, red sprinkled edges (large dampstains, two joints partly split, small lack at the upper turn in of vol. I, small parts rubbed, some scratches, flyleaves renewed). FIRST EDITION of the 4 first volumes illustrated with an engraved title and 146 plates by Frederick Polydore Nodder NICELY HAND-COLOURED. Those figure birds, snakes, insects, plants, corals, etc., and are accompanied with descriptive texts in Latin and English giving the generic and specific characters and informations about the habitats and sometimes on their habits. The English botanist and zoologist Shaw (1751-1813) was a medical practitioner before being named assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He twas the co-founder of the Linnean Society of London in 1788 and became assistant keeper of the Natural history department at the British Museum. The complete set of this work was published from 1789 till 1813. # Nissen, ZBI, 3835; # Nissen, IVB, 869; # Anker 467. -- Édition originale des 4 premiers tomes illustrés d'un titre gravé et de 146 pl. rehaussées figurant des oiseaux, serpents, coraux, insectes, plantes, etc. Plein veau raciné du 19e s. (texte n.c., h.-t. lég. jaunis, mouill. au vol. I et aux rel...).