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FIRST EDITION. Par M. Guettard, Docteur en Medecine de la Faculte de Paris, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, & Medecin Botaniste de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans. chez Durand, rue S. Jacques, au Griffon, 2 volumes, 8vo, vol.1, [xliij] 302 [20]pp., 4 folding engraved plates, vol.2, 464 [24]pp, index, table des noms François at rear of both volumes, omissions and errata pages at rear of vol. 1, text in French. Full calf, spines with 5 raised bands and contrasting labels, gilt dentelles and edges; corners slightly bumped; edges, shoulders and top and bottom of spine a little worn, gilt decoration faded; endpapers browned at edges, otherwise condition good, front hinge weak, pages clean and text bright. The first edition, surprisingly rare, of a prominent mid-Eighteenth century French natural scientist.
AuthorJ. E. Guettard
Date1747
BindingHardcover
PublisherDurand
ConditionGood

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