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(MINERALOGY -- PETRIFACTION.) Antoine Joseph Dezaillier d'Argenville. L'Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses PartiesPrincipales, l'Oryctologie, qui Traite des Terres, des Pierres, des Metaux, des Mineraux, et Autres Fossiles. Including frontispiece, 26 full-page engraved plates illustrating various gems and minerals, coral formations, fossils of human, fish, woods and other plant life, as well as newly-discovered American birds and fish. 4to, 11 1/2x8 1/2 inches, lightly rubbed contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with morocco lettering piece; a clean copy with nice provenance: Earl of Macclesfield Shirburn Castle armorial bookplate to front pastedown and embossed blindstamp to the first three leaves. Paris: Chez du Bure, 1755
