Essai sur l’histoire naturelle de la mer Adriatique avec une letttre Leonard Sesler

by Vitaliano Donati

$850 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

A La Haye: P. de Hondt, 1758. 4to. ii , iv, 73 pp., plus 5-page publisher's catalogue. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN. Title in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, and 11 engraved plates. Calf-backed pebbled boards; last 3 leaves skillfully reinforced at fore-edge. From the library of Jerry Stannard. Item #10618 The first French translation of Donati's

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