Histoire des Poissons, contenant la description Anatomique de leurs parties externes & internes, & le caractere des divers genres ranges par classes & par ordres

by Antoine Gouan

$550 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Text in Latin and French on facing pages. Illustrated with 4 folding engraved anatomical plates of fish. Collation: a-d4,e2,A-Ooo4, Ppp2. Pp. xviii, 228 French and Latin paginated separately ; 229-252 index , 2, privilege , 1, corrigenda . 1 vols. 4to. Sewn in drab blue wrappers over pink flexible boards spine and back wrapper with losses , entirely UNCUT and UNPRESSED. Three gatherings A, M, & N with slight traces of damp. A lovely

• Binding: Wrappers

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