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1738YY5889John Hoyles for Thomas Meighan 1738. Half vellum marbled boards. Bookplate convent inscription. Frontis portrait. Minor wear. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked . Very Good/No dustwrapper. viii 368pp. John Hoyles for Thomas Meighan Hardcover
1787261336Genève: Chez François Dufart Imprimeur-Libraire 1787. First Geneva edition; and 2nd edition after the first of Paris 1786-87. 4 302; 4 319 pp. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine raised bands marbled endpapers red-stained edges. Head and foot slightly rubbed lower joints just starting but firm. Very good. First Geneva edition; and 2nd edition after the first of Paris 1786-87. 4 302; 4 319 pp. 8vo. A sentimental popular epistolary novel in its day showing the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's LA NOUVELLE HELOISE and Samuel Richardson. Gove cites Servais Etienne: "Il suffit de lire Zélie . pour se rendre un compte exacte de l'influence de Richardson à l'extrême fin de l'ancien régime. Il est certain que Mme Daubenton a fait un effort pour se rapprocher du roman anglais .". OCLC: 43197583 2 copies in the U.S.; Gove THE IMAGINARY VOYAGE IN PROSE FICTION pp. 382-384 Chez François Dufart Imprimeur-Libraire unknown
178219025Paris: De L’Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres 1782. FIRST EDITION. With 22 full-page engraved plates woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf spine elaborate gilt with label marbled endpapers; an excellent copy. First edition; everything you need to know about sheep. For the shepherd or flock owner Daubenton treats anatomy and the various activities relating to their breeding such as shearing and sheep care all with detailed illustrations. This work containing the most up-to-date information was so successful that it was translated into German Italian Spanish and Dutch. In 1820 the fifteenth edition was still being printed. Of particular interest is his comparison between French and foreign wools. <br /> <br /> Daubenton 1716-1799 physician and naturalist was one of Buffon’s main collaborators in compiling his Natural history with the task of dealing with the anatomical descriptions of quadrupeds. In his native town Montbard in the Côte d’Or he set up a model “farm†dedicated particularly to breeding the Merino sheep. At a time when France was still indebted to Spain for wool he strove to create a new breed capable of competing with those of the Iberian and other foreign territories. <br /> <br /> Nouvelle Biographie Générale 13-14 pp. 162-164; Goldsmith 12261; Kress Supplement 4997. De L’Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres unknown
178766398A Londres London et se trouve à Paris: Chez BelinDesenne 1787. Fine. Chez Belin Desenne A Londres London et se trouve à Paris 1787 - 1788 12.30 x 20 cm 3 volumes reliés Second edition of the first two volumes of the novel and first edition of the rare sequel published in 1788 exchange of letters between Zélie and her friend. On the 3 title pages: By Madame D. The first edition of the first 2 volumes 1786-1787. Binding in full speckled blonde calf for the first 2 volumes in speckled blonde sheep for the supplement. Red morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. Scuffing to boards. Good copies. The only work and novel by Marguerite Daubenton wife of the famous naturalist. The novel appears to be inspired by the Aethiopica of Heliodorus of Emesa. The story tells the life of Zélie her arrival in the Sumatra desert following a shipwreck and her life as a castaway her reunion with d'Ermancour the man she loves and whom she knew in Paris and the twenty or so years spent with him his servant and young Ninette daughter of her friend who died shortly after giving birth to her then their final return to Normandy. A book by Marcel Arland bears exactly the same title without knowing whether the latter is an adaptation of the former. Chez BelinDesenne hardcover
1790004307Paris: Chez Panckoucke 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 548-712pp fin tome II de l'Histoire Naturelle. 1 Erpetologie: xxviii 70 2 pp. 26 plates: 7 Frogs 1-7 6 Turtles 1-6 13 Crocodiles lizards Salamanders &c. 1-66a-12. 2 Ophiologie: xliv 76 pp. 42 plates single and double paged snakes all the way down. 270x209mm. 4to. Hardcover. Quarter-calf and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Book Condition: spine split at tail end of upper cover and at head of spine to lower cover covers show wear corners pushed and worn with boards showing through. Binding very solid. Pages unmarked and unmarred. Plates well the plates are clean unmarred free of any foxing stains or the like they are fantastic printings and glorious in all their raucus animal glory really fabulous. Les animaux quadrupèdes ovipares et les serpens / par M. Daubenton. Agame-Umbre. Addition. Table alphabetique des noms latins & étrangers des quadrupèdes ovipares & des serpens . Errata -547-574 Cinquieme ordere serpens des ecailles sans pieds et sans nageoires. 575-605 Notice Des differents Ouvrages qui traitent des Quadrupedes ovipares & des serpens. 605-. <br/><br/> Chez Panckoucke hardcover