[IMPRESSIONS DE BOUILLON] [Antoine Grimoald MONNET ]- Essai - Lot 351

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[IMPRESSIONS DE BOUILLON] [Antoine Grimoald MONNET ]- Essai - Lot 351
[IMPRESSIONS DE BOUILLON] [Antoine Grimoald MONNET ]- Essai sur les phénomenes de la nature, pris dans les élémens & les trois regnes des animaux, végétaux & minéraux, en forme de dictionnaire. Bouillon, at the expense of the Société typographique, 1773. In-8°: viii, 278 pp. Bound in 19th c. half-cornered vellum, boards of tourniquet paper, smooth spine, title and date in black (binding slightly open). Curious little dictionary of natural history, intended for a wide readership; the work is devoted to "phenomena" in the sense of curiosities of nature, in particular monsters of all kinds, sometimes taken from mythology: "actorides", "monstrous lamb", "centaurs", "two-legged dogs", "porcupine man", "hydrocephalus", "white negroes"... De le Court, p. 389. Douret, 57. Clément, p. 164. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Count Goblet d'Alviella. ATTACHED: 2: Noël Joseph de NECKER - Physiologie des corps organisés ou Examen analytique des animaux & des végétaux comparés ensemble, à dessein de démontrer la chaîne de continuité qui unite les différens regnes de la nature. French edition of the book published in Latin at Mannheim, under the title Physiologie des mousses. Bouillon, aux dépens de la Société typographique, 1775. In-8° : [1-1 bl.], xii, 13-340-[2] pp. 1 pl. dépl. Epoch binding, half calf, paper boards, ornate smooth spine, title page. (1 corner crushed). 1 pl. dépl. illustrated with 11 figures representing marine animals or plants. Ref. DoureT, 119. Clément, p. 175. TOGETHER 2 VOLUMES.
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