Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 138

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
[DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE-JOSEPH.] Conchyliologie Nouvelle et Portative; ou, Collection de Coquilles Propres à orner les Cabinets des Curieux de cette Partie de l'Histoire Naturelle. 328, [5] pages, with blank leaves bound between page 328 and first leaf of errata. 12mo, 143x81 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, worn, front joint cracked at top; occasional toning, fingerprints on page 271, early pencil doodles on blank leaves at end. Contemporary bookplate of Sim. Th. Rambaud, Canon of Lisieux; later monastic stamp on title; conspicuous stamp of Saint Gregory's University on pastedowns and title. Paris: Regnard, 1767

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first edition of an introduction to conchology and shell collecting, with a classification of shells, an annotated catalogue of species, and a list of contemporary French and foreign natural history cabinets organized alphabetically by owner's name.