A. TREMBLEY
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce à bras en forme de cornes
Chez Jean & Herman Verbeek|à Leyde [Leiden] 1744|19 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 4 very attractive headpieces by Pronk, 4 tailpieces and 13 folding plates on polyps. Armorial copy with the arms stamped on the spine (ermines and macles) of the Rohan-Chabot family. The armorial bindings of the Rohan and Rohan-Chabot families have the distinctive feature of bearing the heraldic devices exclusively on the spine.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with crowned ermines and macles. Joints entirely cracked. Headcaps worn. Corners slightly bumped from rubbing. Occasional minor worming, final plates with upper margin soiled.
It was in these memoirs that Tre
€1,500
