[BAZIN (Gilles Augustin)] - Lot 24

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[BAZIN (Gilles Augustin)] - Lot 24
[BAZIN (Gilles Augustin)] Natural History of Bees. Second edition. Paris, Frères Guerin, 1747. 2 volumes, in-12 format; 16 fold-out plates at the end of the text, numbered 1 through 12 (9/7) (plates 4, 9, 10, and 11 are duplicates). Contemporary mottled fawn calfskin, ornate ribbed spine, red title labels with black volume numbers, a slightly stretched headband, a cracked mouthpiece at the top of the spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges and inside edges, red edges. A fine copy. Second edition, identical to the original of 1744. An abridged version “dedicated to young people” was published in 1764. Nissen, who provides little information on this work (Percheron, idem), erroneously lists it as in-8. It should be noted that in both editions, some of the plates appear as double proofs, likely to aid understanding of the text at the points where they are located. Nissen does not mention this feature (Nissen 267) (Barbier II 818) (Michaud III 613).
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