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METAYER-MERMOZ Maison de Ventes aux Enchères NEVERS

Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
SCIENCES] SPALANZI, NEEEDHAM] Further Research into Microscopic Discoveries and the Generation of Organised Bodies, London and Paris, Lacombe, 1769 Two parts in one in-8 volume in speckled full calf, ribbed spine with gilt decoration in the panels: LIV, (2), 298 pages, XVJ, (2), 293 pages, 9 fold-out plates outside the text, 1 table within the text First French edition, published four years after the original. Translated from the Italian. With notes by J.T. de Needham. On the page opposite the title page (which is coming loose), written in pen: ‘Malesherbes 89’ with, in pencil below, ‘copy belonging to Lamoignon de Malesherbes’; stamp of the Ambroise Lefevre bookshop in Paris. Rough restoration on the title page. Split binding joints, worn corners, trimmed headbands.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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