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Dezallier D'Argenville, [A. J. D.] [Favanne De Montcervelle, (J., ) De And (G.) De Favanne De Montcervelle]

La conchyliologie, ou histoire naturelle des coquilles de mer, d'eau douce, terrestres et fossiles; avec un traité de la zoomorphose, ou repésentation des animaux qui les habitent: ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une nouvelle méthode de les diviser. Par M. Desallier d'Argenville. Ouvrage considérablement augmenté de planches en taille-douce, qui représentent les figures de plus de deux milles testacées, dessinées d`après nature, accompagnées de descriptions étendues & de remarques sur chaque famille, avec plusieurs tables systématiques & des nomenclatures étrangeres. Troisième édition, dédiée au roi, par MM. De Favanne de Montcervelle pere & fils. Atlas.

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Dezallier D'Argenville, [A. J. D.] [Favanne De Montcervelle, (J., ) De And (G.) De Favanne De Montcervelle]

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Paris, De Bure, 1780. Folio (30.4 x 22.7 cm). Engraved frontispiece; 80 engraved plates. 19th-century dark green half morocco over dark green pebbled boards. Spine with four gilt-lined, raised bands; compartments with embossed borders and gilt title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges. = This edition, known as the “De Favannes” edition, was published long after the author's death (1765). The engraver and publisher Jacques de Favanne(s) de Montcervelle (1716-1770) and his son, [Jaques] Guillaume (1759?-1795?) greatly expanded this edition from the original 1742 edition. This is the complete atlas, including the first 19 plates now and then found associated with the text volumes. Boards very slightly rubbed at edges; one plate with a few, marginal spots, four plates a bit shorter, three of which with an uneven lower edge, and one plate from before numbers - with the captions and numbers neatly written in an old hand; otherwise a fine, clean copy. Nissen ZBI, 146.
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