Histoire Naturelle Du Jorat Et De Ses Environs Et Celle Des Trois Lacs De Neufchatel Morat Et Bienne

by Grigorii Kirillovic Razumovskii Graf Or Razoumowsky

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First edition

Six folding engraved plates. 1 p.l., xvi, 322 pp.; 1 p.l., 238 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. marbled boards, orange & pale blue lettering pieces on spines. Lausanne: J. Mourer, 1789. First edition. Razoumovsky 1759-1837 , a wealthy Russian aristocrat, spent most of his life in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy and wrote many noteworthy works on geological and mineralogical subjects see Zittel, pp. 91 & 119 . “Very scarce…First and only

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