BLOCH (Marc Éliéser) Ichtyology or Natural... - Lot 21 - Briscadieu

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BLOCH (Marc Éliéser) Ichtyology or Natural... - Lot 21 - Briscadieu
BLOCH (Marc Éliéser) Ichtyology or Natural History of Pisces. In six parts with 216 plates drawn and illuminated after nature. Berlin, the author, (imp. by Geoffry Hayn), 1796. 5 volumes in-8: 4 volumes of text (1291 pages, continuous pagination on all 4 volumes) and 1 volume of Atlas (214/216 tabbed plates, missing plates 73 and 81). Engraved figures, enhanced in colour at the time with gold and silver highlights to reproduce the shiny reflective scales of fish. Very white paper, in excellent condition. 1/2 blond basane of the period, smooth spines, golden casters, red title pieces, black tomaisons, lack of leather on flats and on one back, small epiderminations. One of the most remarkable of all ichthyological works, among the most important and most attractive of all those made since the 18th century.
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