Zoology - Ichthyology A. and Alcide d'Orbigny, Valenciennes Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (Le Bresil, la Republique Orientale de l'Uruguay, la Republique Argentine, la Patagonie, la Republique du Chili, la Republique de Bolivia, la Republique du Perou). Tome cinquième. 2e Partie: Poissons. With 16 col. Plates. Paris, Bertrand / Strasbourg, Levrault, 1847. 11 p., plates. 4°. Marbled boards. HLdr. d. Zt. with gilt stamped title (joints chipped and partly restored). Dean II, p. 575 - Nissen ZBI, 3021 - Sabin, 57457 - Rare volume on fish from the equally rare natural history of South America by the important French naturalist Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802-1857). Based on his research, edited by the ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865). The plates with many beautifully coloured fish illustrations by the natural historian Paul Louis Oudart (1796-1860), partly after original drawings by D'Orbigny. - Reinforced inner joints, slightly browned due to paper, uneven browning and foxing. Ichtyology. - With 16 col. plates. Contemp. marbled half calf with gilt stamped title to spine (joints chipped and partly restored). - Rare volume on fish from the equally rare natural history of South America by the important French naturalist Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802-1857). Based on his research, edited by the ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865). The plates with many beautifully coloured fish illustrations by the natural historian Paul Louis Oudart (1796-1860), partly after original drawings by D'Orbigny. - Reinforced inner joints, slightly browned due to paper, some browning and foxing.