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Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter leather and paterned boards. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title to one compartment. Title and text with facing pages of Latin and French. Separately paginated. Illustrated with four engraved folding plates that appear within the text. Plate 2 appears before plate 1 but all four all present. Oddly the front and rear boards have some writing that appears to be French that nearly covers the boards. It seems to be bound from a larger sheet that contained the writing as it even appears to the turn-ins, front and rear. It is in a similar color as the boards so does not detract too much. There is a large piece of this paper covering the rear board that is missing near the spine. Foxing to the endpapers; other foxing, largely very light, does appear within the text. Wear along the spine and board edges. Corners bumped. Interior is very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 22 x 17 cm. VIII, 228 pp. (Latin) + VIII, 228 pp. (French) + pp. 229-252 (3) Index. With 4 folded plates of fish. *First edition. Parallel text in Latin and French on facing pages. - Gouan (1733-1821) was Professor of Medicine at Montpellier and one of the first naturalists in France to follow the Linnean system. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000 19th century half leather binding.
Seller: Antiquariat Braun, Gengenbach, Germany
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Text in Latin and French on facing pages. Illustrated with 4 folding engraved anatomical plates of fish. Collation: a-d4,e2,A-Ooo4, Ppp2. Pp. xviii, 228 (French and Latin paginated separately); 229-252 (index), [2, privilege], [1, corrigenda]. 1 vols. 4to. Uncut and Unpressed. Gouan (1733-1821) was Professor of Medicine at Montpelier and one of the first naturalists in France to follow the Linnean system. Here, in the first section, he treats the anatomy of fish; the second section consists of an extensive taxonomy. Casey Wood, p. 364 Sewn in drab blue wrappers over pink flexible boards (spine and back wrapper with losses), entirely UNCUT and UNPRESSED. Three gatherings (A, M, & N) with slight traces of damp. A lovely survival, as printed Text in Latin and French on facing pages. Illustrated with 4 folding engraved anatomical plates of fish. Collation: a-d4,e2,A-Ooo4, Ppp2. Pp. xviii, 228 (French and Latin paginated separately); 229-252 (index), [2, privilege], [1, corrigenda]. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: With 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary paper-covered boards, rebacked; a fine copy. First edition of this very interesting work on the anatomy of fishes, in Latin and French on opposite pages. Gouan's history basically consists of full anatomical descriptions, with engravings by Weiss from Gouan's illustrations. Of particular interest are his remarkable observations on muscular movement. The descriptive classification of fish were probably intended as an introduction to a true general natural history of ichthyology. The book was quite popular both in France and following its translation into German. Goüan (1733-1821), a physician and professor of botany at Montpellier, was one of the first proponents in France of Linnaeus' methods and nomenclature. As a strict follower of the Linnaean school he only paid attention to exterior characters. According to Pietsch, it should be noted that the anatomy he gives includes a myology rather new for the time.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$986.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: .& le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes et par ordres.Strasbourg, Amand König, 1770.In-4 de XVIII + 252 pp. + 1 ff.n.ch. de privilège.Plein veau raciné, dos à nerfs orné de caissons et de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux, double filet d'encadrement à froid sur les plats, double filet doré sur les plats, tranches rouges.Reliure de l'époque. Restauration ancienne à la coiffe supérieure.Édition originale de ce beau livre comprenant 4 planches dépliantes gravées sur cuivre par Weis.L'ouvrage est bilingue (latin/français), chaque page est donc doublée de la traduction latine.Ex-libris des frères Perisse.Beau livre que l'on rencontre rarement dans une telle condition.
Seller: Librairie La Jument Verte, Strasbourg, France