La platine, l’or blanc, ou le huitieme métal

by Claude Morin

$2,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Breton, Durand, Pissot, and Lambert, 1758. 12mo. xvi, 194, 5 pp. Folding typographic table. Contemporary mottled calf, spine and label gilt, red edges. Bookplate and ownership inscription of M. Grignon, ownership inscription on the half-title of Jules-Emile du Pressoir. An excellent copy. Item #19714 First edition, the first French monograph on platinum. The author, who published this book anonymously, compiles

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