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GRUNER, Gottlieb Sigmund (1717-1778). Histoire Naturelle des Glacieres de Suisse. Translated from Grerman into French by M. de Kéralio. Paris: P. Alex Le Prieur for Panckoucke, 1770. 3 parts in 1 volume, 4° (270 x 205mm). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Half-title, engraved frontispiece by A. Zingg after J. L. Aberli, 2 engraved folding maps on one guard, 18 folding engraved plates by A. Zingg after S. H. Grim, D. ürringer and others, folding engraved key to German words and symbols used in the maps, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (One or two plates with small area of light old dampstaining at upper and lower outer corners. Modern half calf, uncut. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Gruner's Die Eisgebirge des Scweitzerlandes , first published in Berne in 1760. Lonchamp 1322.