MUNERELLE ( Jean-Baptiste) & LEMAITRE (Augustin François). Phénomènes et les Curiosités de la Nature.1856

Strasbourg: Derivaux, First edition, folio (283 x 225 mm), [74]pp., 37 coloured plates, some light browning and spotting to text leaves, rebound in cloth-backed boards, original gilt upper cover laid-down. A series of chromolithographs, with descriptive text, depicting the wonders of nature. Includes a section on John Sutter and the gold discoveries in California, natural phenomena such as ‎‎earthquakes,‎‎ floods, typhoons, lightning, moonlight, sandstorms, the Niagara Falls. Gumuchian, 4546.‎