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232 - Baron de Hüpsch (J.G.C.A.) Nouvelles Découvertes de Quelques Testacées Pétrifiés Rares et Inconnus, Pour Servir a L'Histoire Naturelle de la Basse-Allemagne et Enrichir les Collections du Régne Animal, first edition, 4 plates, light foxing, age-toned pages, some worming, ink inscriptions, paper covered boards, front board and first few pages detached, rear hinge strained but firm, spine and extremities bumped, edges uncut, 8vo, Cologne, Frankfurt, & Leipzig, F.W.J Metternich, 1771.
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Baron de Hüpsch (J.G.C.A.) Nouvelles Découvertes de Quelques Testacées Pétrifiés Rares et Inconnus, Pour Servir a L'Histoire Naturelle de la Basse-Allemagne et Enrichir les Collections du Régne Animal, first edition, 4 plates, light foxing, age-toned pages, some worming, ink inscriptions, paper covered boards, front board and first few pages detached, rear hinge strained but firm, spine and extremities bumped, edges uncut, 8vo, Cologne, Frankfurt, & Leipzig, F.W.J Metternich, 1771. *** Ink inscription on title page reads 'Sowerby's Museum', likely referring to the Sowerby Archive, developed by James Sowerby (1757-1822) and his descendants. Many botanical and geological specimens were sold to the British Museum in the mid 19th century.
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