SCIENCES/PALEONTOLOGY] - Lot 59

SCIENCES/PALEONTOLOGY] M***] DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (Antoine Joseph) Natural History Elucidated in One of Its Principal Parts: Oryctology, Which Deals with Earth, Stones, Metals, Minerals, and Other Fossils, Paris, Le Bure, 1755 Three parts in one quarto volume bound in full calfskin, with gilt borders on the covers, ribbed spine with gilt decoration; frontispiece, (6) pages, XVJ, 560 pages, (2), 23 engraved plates outside the text First edition. A work containing a new method, in both Latin and French, for classifying materials, as well as a critical review of the principal works published on these subjects. Enriched with figures drawn from nature. 24 engraved plates (frontispiece + 23 plates in the text) out of the 26 expected. Split joints, dulled corners, trimmed caps.