[BOURGET, Louis]. Treatise on Petrifications. First edition of one

[BOURGET, Louis]. Treatise on Petrifications. First edition of one of the very first books on paleontology written in French. Paris: Briasson, 1742. 2 parts in 1 quarto volume, full brown grained calfskin, ribbed spine, panels decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, dark brown leather title label, gilt roulette on the edges, red-speckled edges. XVI–163 and 91 pp., 60 folding plates. Gilding on the binding has faded; slight rubbing; scattered foxing; and a few leaves are slightly browned

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