L'Histoire naturelle eclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales. La Lithologie et la conchyliologie. Paris: de Bure, 1742. 2 volumes in one. 4to (290 x 212 mm). Titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, joints repaired. FIRST EDITION of this important work on mollusks and crustaceans. "This work, illustrated with beautiful plates, was a great success" (DSB). Nissen ZBI 144.
L'Histoire naturelle eclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales. La Lithologie et la conchyliologie. Paris: de Bure, 1742. 2 volumes in one. 4to (290 x 212 mm). Titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, joints repaired. FIRST EDITION of this important work on mollusks and crustaceans. "This work, illustrated with beautiful plates, was a great success" (DSB). Nissen ZBI 144.
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