[Ornithology] Bouteille, H. and M. de Labatie. Ornithologie du Dauphiné

ou Description des oiseaux observés dans les départements de l'Isère, de la Drome, des Hautes-Alpes et les contrées voisines. Grenoble, printed by F. Allier for the author and "les principaux libraires de la ville", 1843, 2 parts in 1 vol., 416; 358 p., w. 72 tinted lithogr. plates on chine-collé by C. Pégeron after V. Désirée Cassien, large fold. letterpress table, cont. hcalf, gilt and ribbed spine, royal 8vo (4to size). A sm. ticket of A. Ravanat (Grenoble), bookplate of Saint Marcel Eysseric and a few old clippings from auction catalogues on upper pastedown. Very good copy w. minor foxing and minimal other inner and outer imperfections.

Rare first edition of this work on the avifauna of the Dauphiné. Nissen, IVB, 127; Ronsil 361 ("une des plus intéressants parmi les faunes locales").