Instructions Pour Les Mariniers Contenant La Maniere De Rendre Leau De Mer Potable De Conserver

by Stephen Hales

$300 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

The Hague: Pierre Paupie, 1740. First edition in French. 8vo. Title printed in red-and-black. Two folding engraved plates. Sewn in original plain limp paper boards, lettered in ink on spine, paper shelf label at foot of spine. Provenance: Leo S. Olschi label on pastedown . A few chips at ends of spine, else in original condition. Item #400711 FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Hales'

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