1065 - VALMONT DE BOMARE. UNIVERSAL REASONED DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY, containing the history of animals, plants, and minerals, as well as that of celestial bodies, meteorological phenomena, and other major natural phenomena; along with the history and description of simple medicinal substances derived from the three kingdoms.

VALMONT DE BOMARE. UNIVERSAL REASONED DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY, containing the history of animals, plants, and minerals, as well as that of celestial bodies, meteorological phenomena, and other major natural phenomena; along with the history and description of simple medicinal substances derived from the three kingdoms. Paris, Brunet, 1775. 6 volumes in-4°, marbled calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, red edges (contemporary binding). New expanded edition, adorned with a frontispiece engraved in intaglio by Prevost after De Sève, from this famous natural history dictionary first published in 1764, which was the first of its kind. It served as a model and foundation for all others. Binding damage with a missing section on the spine of Volume I; faint water stains on several folios in Volume IV. Loynel bookplate.