Lot n° 184
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ADANSON (Michel). Natural history of Senegal. Shellfish. Ave - Lot 184
ADANSON (Michel). Natural history of Senegal. Shellfish. Avec une relation d'un voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53. A Paris, chez C.-J.-B. Bauche, 1757. In-4, [4] f., 275 p., pl., contemporary mottled and glazed havana calf, ribbed spine, havana title-piece, ornamented caissons, triple gilt fillet on covers, double gilt fletching on edges (flaws in covers, snagging of head and nerves, rubbing, margins usually yellowed).
First edition, illustrated with a folding map of Senegal, and 19 plates of mollusks and shellfish. Provenance: Eugène Salomon, Le Mans, 20th c. (stamp on title).
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