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Three parts in one volume. a-c4, A-4A4, 4B2 (-4B2). [6], xvi, 560, [1], + [1] ad pp. 25 copper-engraved plates (lacking frontispiece). Title printed in red and black. Decorative head- and tail-pieces, initials, one text figure. (4to) 8½x11, period sheep, spine gilt in compartments, morocco lettering-piece. First Separate Edition.

A very handsome work on minerals and fossils, with important plates engraved by Quentin Pierre Chedel. Each plate identifies the subscriber who funded its production. DeZallier's 1742 book on mineralogy and conchology included this work, but both the text and the illustrations were expanded for the present edition. This copy with the early bookplate of Juan Miguel Melquiond of Cadiz and a partially effaced early Spanish ownership signature on title. The binding also is probably Spanish. Wellcome II, 462.