A New, Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History; Being a Grand, Accurate, and Extensive Display of Animated Nature

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Font., 618-[2] pp., 85 pl. Londres, Alex. Hogg, (1785), in-folio, Font, 618-[2] pp, 85 pl, Cartonnage gris moderne, pièce de titre rouge, Études abondamment illustrée sur le règne animal, la botanique et l'anthropologie. Plusieurs planches dans cet exemplaire ont été rehaussées à l'aquarelle. L'ouvrage traite des quadrupèdes, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles et des insectes, des végétaux, des fossiles et des minéraux; il relate enfin une théorie générale de la terre et une histoire naturelle de l'homme. Les textes ont été rédigés par une "société de gentlemen", à l'appui de communications fournies par plusieurs sociétés savantes (Londres, Paris, Berlin, Saint-Pétersbourg, etc.). L'édition a enfin été supervisée par George Henry Millar, graveur et éditeur de cartes géographiques actif dans les années 1780-1790. Exemplaire non rogné. Bon état intérieur. Peu courant avec des planches coloriées. Nissen ZBI, n° 2820.

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Title
A New, Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History; Being a Grand, Accurate, and Extensive Display of Animated Nature
Author
MILLAR, George Henry
Publisher
(178
Condition
Bon
Binding
Couverture rigide

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