RECHERCHES SUR LA NATURE DU FEU DE L'ENFER, ET DU LIEU OU IL EST SITUE. [COLOR PLATES]
by Mr. Swinden. [translated (English To French) by Mr. Bion]
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NY: James V. Seaman. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. First US Edition. Hardcover. Nature; Botany, Early; AMERICANA; litho Color Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvi, 17-284 +21 pages; Full bound in contemporary tree calf leather. 21 lithographed full page plates portraying 266 specimens, many in color or partial color. Front cover present but detached. Light foxing and very light foxing to plates. Contents generally good. Complete. OF CONSIDERABLE NOTE is that this is the first book published in the United States with lithographed plates and the first with colored plates. .
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- RECHERCHES SUR LA NATURE DU FEU DE L'ENFER, ET DU LIEU OU IL EST SITUE. [COLOR PLATES]
- Author
- Mr. Swinden. [translated (English To French) by Mr. Bion]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- James V. Seaman
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- N.D.
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- FRENCH LANGUAGE;
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