Histoire de poissons contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes, & le caractere des divers genres rangés pas classe et par ordres

by Antoine Gouan

$850 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Strasbourg: Amand Konig, 1770. 4to. vi , xviii, iii , 252, 3 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary paper-covered boards, rebacked; a fine copy. Item #10453 First edition of this very interesting work on the anatomy of fishes, in Latin and French on opposite pages. Gouan's history basically consists of full anatomical descriptions, with engravings by Weiss

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