Les animaux savants, ou Exercices des chevaux de M. M. Franconi, du cerf coco ... de l'éléphant Baba, des serins hollandais, du singe militaire, ... / par Madame B***, née de V ... 1 [Mme Bertin, née Veriell]. Orné de gravures d'après les dessins de J. D. Dugourc ...

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PML 86365
Author: 
B.
Published: 
Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'âiné ..., 1816.
Description: 
vii, [1], 80 p., [11] plates : col. plates ; 15 x 22 cm
Notes: 

"Le cheval aéronaute" (p. 60-67) is an account of Testu-Brissy's ascent on horseback in a balloon.
Added engraved title page.
First edition; each chapter illustrated with an engraving.
Mme. Bertin was a pseudonym used by this publisher.
The circus chapters were later published, slightly revised, as Le cirque olympique ...

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