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40 - General - Bertuch, Friedrich Justin. On the Means of Making Natural History More Useful and Introducing It into Practical Life; Together with a Plan and Announcement of a Series of Works Aimed at That End. With 3 colored copperplate engravings. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1799. 38 pp., 1 leaf. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. Cover made of period material.
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General - Bertuch, Friedrich Justin. On the Means of Making Natural History More Useful and Introducing It into Practical Life; Together with a Plan and Announcement of a Series of Works Aimed at That End. With 3 colored copperplate engravings. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1799. 38 pp., 1 leaf. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. Cover made of period material. Only edition, rare. - Announcement of the “Picture Book for Children” with 3 sample plates on zoology (giraffes, camels), botany (fruit varieties), and paleontology (sea urchins, shells, etc.). - Untrimmed and uncut; the wide margins are partly dusty and somewhat stained. The first sheet has brown spots and water stains along the edges; the remaining sheets are partly loose. *
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