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[ANTIQUE BOOKS] [LITERATURE]
See original version (French)
224
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[ANTIQUE BOOKS] [LITERATURE]
See original version (French)
Estimate
€30 - €50
Voluntary lot
Description
[ANTIQUE BOOKS] [LITERATURE]
SAINT PIERRE (Jacques Bernardin Henri de):
Studies of Nature. Third edition, revised, corrected and expanded.
Paris. Printed by Monsieur, 1789.
4 volumes in 12°. Full contemporary sheepskin binding. Smooth spine, decorated with gilt metal tools and fleurons.
Volume I: Small tear (no loss to the title page), XXIV pp. for the notice on the third edition of this work, 499 pages and 1 unnumbered page for the Table of Studies.
The frontispiece is missing.
Page 49: Marginal tear, with a gap – does not affect the text.
Page 70: Fold-out plate of the Atlantic Hemisphere.
Page 345, incorrectly numbered 445.
Small gap at the bottom of the spine.
Ryckebusch bookplate on the first endpaper.
Volume II: The first page is missing (torn). The volume begins on page 7.
Page 300: Large fold-out plate – Flowers with reflexed petals.
Page 334: Large fold-out plate – Leaves with water conduits and wind-dispersed fruits of mountain plants.
Page 354: Large fold-out plate – Leaves without water conduits and water-borne fruits of shore plants.
Page 505, incorrectly numbered 405.
510 pages. Missing material at the foot and spine of the second cover.
Volume III: Pages 301 and 303: Tears with missing paper in the lower corner.
Page 309, incorrectly numbered 93.
Page 365, incorrectly numbered 565.
492 pages and 4 unnumbered pages containing the notice to the bookbinder and the censors’ approval.
Missing at the bottom. Damage to the lower edges.
Volume IV:
Title page:
Studies of Nature, by Jacques Bernardin Henri de Saint Pierre.
Third edition, revised, corrected and expanded. Volume Four.
In Paris. From the Printer’s Works,
at P. F. Didot the Younger and Méquignon the Elder, undated.
LXXXVIII pages: Notice of this work and of this fourth volume.
Page 1: Ornamental heading, *Studies of Nature* – *Paul and Virginie*. 426 pages and 5 pp. for the approvals and the royal privilege.
Crack in the spine of the front cover.
A somewhat worn copy.
See original version (French)
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ID: 89135480
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