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GESSNER (Salomon). iuvres. Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1795. 4 volumes in-12, red morocco, gilt roulette and double fillet, smooth spine decorated, inner roulette, gilt edges (period binding). 3 portraits engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin and Tardieu, and 48 figures by Moreau le jeune. COPY ON LARGE VELLUM PAPER, IN A VERY NICE MOROCCO BINDING. From the libraries of J. B. Powis, Thomas Westwood and Michel Grund. Spine faded.

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GESSNER (Salomon). iuvres. Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1795. 4 volumes in-12, red morocco, gilt roulette and double fillet, smooth spine decorated, inner roulette, gilt edges (period binding). 3 portraits engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin and Tardieu, and 48 figures by Moreau le jeune. COPY ON LARGE VELLUM PAPER, IN A VERY NICE MOROCCO BINDING. From the libraries of J. B. Powis, Thomas Westwood and Michel Grund. Spine faded.

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