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474 - BURTIN, François-Xavier de Oryctographie de Bruxelles ou Description des fossiles tant naturels qu'accidentels découverts jusqu'a ce jour dans les environs de cette ville. Brussels Le Maire 1784 Folio: engr. title-152 pp.; 32 pl. (engr. title sl. soiled with marg. waterstains and sm. tear without loss restored on tail, marg. water stains on some ff. and pl., occ. spotting, marg. tear without loss restored on last f.). Mod. bradel half vellum, marbled paper on boards, untitled (sl. rubbed, some light soiling). Untrimmed copy. First edition of this study on fossils by the medical advisor of Charles de Lorraine and member of several academies in Europe Fr.-X. de Burtin (1743-1818). He was famous for his cabinet of natural sciences and his important collection of paintings. Illustrated with an engr. title by A. Pris after M.J. Speeckaert and 32 engr. plates showing fossils and shells by A. Pris, J. Balconi, de la Rue and others, after Dareaux, M.J. Speeckaert, Balconi, and others; printed in black or sepia ink, 20 of which are hand-coloured. Including an interesting list of subscribers giving information on the collectons of natural history of various personalities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland, incl. Loménie de Brienne, the Count of Robiano, Gigot d'Orcy, Joubert or the darling son of the Prince of Ligne, Charles ("Ce jeune seigneur commence à former un cabinet d'histoire naturelle et de physique expérimentale. Puisse son exemple être imité !"). Ref. Landwehr, Coloured plates, 49. - Nissen (ZBI) 769.
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BURTIN, François-Xavier de Oryctographie de Bruxelles ou Description des fossiles tant naturels qu'accidentels découverts jusqu'a ce jour dans les environs de cette ville. Brussels Le Maire 1784 Folio: engr. title-152 pp.; 32 pl. (engr. title sl. soiled with marg. waterstains and sm. tear without loss restored on tail, marg. water stains on some ff. and pl., occ. spotting, marg. tear without loss restored on last f.). Mod. bradel half vellum, marbled paper on boards, untitled (sl. rubbed, some light soiling). Untrimmed copy. First edition of this study on fossils by the medical advisor of Charles de Lorraine and member of several academies in Europe Fr.-X. de Burtin (1743-1818). He was famous for his cabinet of natural sciences and his important collection of paintings. Illustrated with an engr. title by A. Pris after M.J. Speeckaert and 32 engr. plates showing fossils and shells by A. Pris, J. Balconi, de la Rue and others, after Dareaux, M.J. Speeckaert, Balconi, and others; printed in black or sepia ink, 20 of which are hand-coloured. Including an interesting list of subscribers giving information on the collectons of natural history of various personalities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland, incl. Loménie de Brienne, the Count of Robiano, Gigot d'Orcy, Joubert or the darling son of the Prince of Ligne, Charles ("Ce jeune seigneur commence à former un cabinet d'histoire naturelle et de physique expérimentale. Puisse son exemple être imité !"). Ref. Landwehr, Coloured plates, 49. - Nissen (ZBI) 769.
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