HISTORY] - Lot 72

HISTORY] DE LISLE de SALES (Jean Baptiste)] Histoire philosophique du monde primitif, par l'auteur de la philosophie de la nature, Paris, Gay et Gide, 1795 7 volumes in-8 in full glazed calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded decoration of I: VIII, 330 pages, LXVJ, 5 engraved plates out of text including 3 folding; II: 316 pages, LXXX, 2 engraved folding plates out of text; III: 336 pages, XLVIIJ, 2 engraved plates out of text; IV: 319 pages, (1), LXIIJ, 6 engraved plates out of text, 5 folding; V: 331 pages, LXJV, 7 engraved plates out of text; VI: 390 pages, (2) and 2 engraved plates out of text; VII: 206 pages, CVIJ, 5 engraved plates out of text. Fourth edition, illustrated with 27 black engraved plates. The work deals, among other things, with underground geography, the foundations of a new cosmology, natural events such as volcanoes and earthquakes, Atlantis, great navigations... Some wetness in margins. Some plates in color. Text printed on two types of paper.