BERTRAND, Elie Dictionnaire universel des fossiles propres et des fossiles accidentels. Contenant une description des terres, des sables, des sels, des soufres, des bitumes; des pierres simples & composées, communes & précieuses (...) avec des...
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
recherches sur la formation de ces fossiles (...). 1763Avignon,Louis Chambeau,sm. 8vo, contemp. marbled sheep (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (somewhat cracked, head defect.), red edges, xxxii-606 pp. (local waterstain on title). Good copy.
Avignon issue publ. the same year as the original (The Hague, 2 vol.). "Comprehensive encyclopedia of minerals, fossils, ores, stones, etc. and with numerous entries for gemstones, with brief definitions and with references from which information derived (...) Valuable for its indications on contemporary knowledge" (Sinkankas). By E. Bertrand (1713-1797), Swiss naturalist and geologist (1713-1797), pastor at Berne, private counselor of the King of Poland, member of num. Academies. Old ownership entry "B. Delmotte".
Avignon issue publ. the same year as the original (The Hague, 2 vol.). "Comprehensive encyclopedia of minerals, fossils, ores, stones, etc. and with numerous entries for gemstones, with brief definitions and with references from which information derived (...) Valuable for its indications on contemporary knowledge" (Sinkankas). By E. Bertrand (1713-1797), Swiss naturalist and geologist (1713-1797), pastor at Berne, private counselor of the King of Poland, member of num. Academies. Old ownership entry "B. Delmotte".
