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215 - Gottlieb Sigmund GRUNER & Louis Félix GUYNEMENT DE KERALIO - Natural History of the Glaciers of Switzerland

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€500 - 600

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29%

Gottlieb Sigmund GRUNER & Louis Félix GUYNEMENT DE KERALIO - Natural History of the Glaciers of Switzerland Published by Panckoucke, Paris, 1770—First edition of the French translation of this work by Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), a geographer and naturalist from Bern. This edition reproduces the intaglio engravings from the original Swiss edition (Bern, 1760) of *Die Eisgebirge des Schweizerlandes*. Complete with the frontispiece, the 18 fold-out engraved plates, a fold-out table explaining the German words and symbols used on the maps, and the 2 beautiful maps. A fine copy in a period full calf binding, with a five-rib spine and richly decorated panels; minor imperfections in the leather of the front cover; interior in fresh condition. In-4, XIV.; 372 pp. Provenance: Mr. de Villeneuve, with a superb ex-libris in gold lettering on the front cover.

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Antique and modern books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs, illustrated books
Saturday, November 21
10:00 AM
28, rue Pierre-Mendès-France
27400 Louviers, France

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