L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales l'ornithologie, qui traite des oiseaux de terre, de mer et de riviere

by John Ray, François Salerne

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary mottled calf, covers bordered in blind, spine with raised bands in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece in the second, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. The first French edition of the ornithological portions of Ray's Synopsis methodica avium & piscium London, 1713 . A translation of John Ray's posthumous work in Latin, Synopsis Avium 1713 , this edition greatly augmented by François Salerne with his own observations

• Binding: Leather

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