Very Rare And One Of The First Books On Taxidermy "the Art Of Stuffing Birds", M. Hénon.19

In its beautiful 1st Empire binding in 8vo format: "The Art of stuffing birds", containing new and reliable principles for preserving their natural shapes and attitudes, with the method of classifying them according to the Linnaeus system. By Citizens Hénon, former Professor of the Veterinary School of Paris, Deputy Director and first professor of that of Lyon; Member of the National Society for the Encouragement of the Athenaeum, of the Society of Agriculture, Natural History and Useful Arts, and of that of Medicine of Lyon; Correspondent of the Society of Agriculture and Internal Economy of the Department of Bas-Rhin, of the Society of Practical Medicine of Montpellier; and Mr. Mouton-Fontenelle, Member of the National Society of Encouragement, of the Athenaeum, of the Society of Agriculture, of Natural History and Useful Arts, of the Council of Commerce of Lyon; Correspondent of the Society of Rural Economy of the Department of Vaucluse, of the Lycée of Grenoble, of the Society of Practical Medicine of Motpellier. Second Edition, decorated with five intaglio plates. In Lyon, at Bruyset Ainé and Comp.°. AN 10. (1802).