Sonnerat. - Journey to New Guinea. In which... - Lot 103 - Crait + Müller

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Sonnerat. - Journey to New Guinea. In which... - Lot 103 - Crait + Müller
Sonnerat. - Journey to New Guinea. In which one finds the description of the places, physical and moral observations, and details relating to the natural history in the animal and vegetable kingdom. Paris, Ruault, 1776. In-4 full contemporary calf with boards decorated with a triple gilt fillet, very ornate spine, green title-piece - lack of leather at the head-cap, important hole at the first upper board, 2 minor holes at the second board, last 6 pages with soiling - XII pp., [2 ff.], 206 pp., [1f.] Complete with 119 plates including 1 frontispiece, 4 folding views (Isles Coëtivy and Séchelles, view of Caldera, view of Sambouangue, port of Sambouangue), 1 folding plate representing a Chinese boat, 1 folding plate describing a fishing machine of the Isle of Luçon, 32 botanical plates (of which 1 is numbered 90 and 91), and 80 superb plates of ornithology
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