Pierre Belon du Mans. Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables,

trouvees en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, redigées en trois livres, par Pierre Belon du Mans. Revuez de nouveau & augmentez de Figures. Paris, H. de Marnef/ widow G. Cavellat, 1588, (24),468,(2) p., with woodcut printer's mark at beginning and end and 43 woodcut illustrations in the text (mostly animals and plants but also with a portrait, a map of the Hellespont and a map of Alexandria), contemporary vellum, 4to.

One map and a plate are lacking; top margin of the bookblock affected by damp; and worm tunnels/damp stain in bottom corner, traces of removed library stamps at beginning and end; rebound (trifle tender) with reinforced/part replaced endpapers. With repeated old owner's name "P. Penon". The original edition appeared in Paris, in 1553-1555. See extensively on the author, Pierre Belon (1517-1564): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Belon.