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BRUGUIÈRE, Jean Guillaume (1749-1798). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c. Paris: Panckoucke, 1791.
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BRUGUIÈRE, Jean Guillaume (1749-1798). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c. Paris: Panckoucke, 1791.
4to (313 x 230 mm). Half-title; 95 engraved plates (5 double-page). (A few small spots, some minor dust-soiling to a few leaves.) Original boards uncut (rebacked in modern calf gilt, some rubbing). Provenance: California Academy of Sciences (blindstamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION of Bruguière's contribution to Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique. Bruguière, who accompanied Kerguelen-Trémarec on his first voyage to the Antarctic in 1773, named more than 140 marine genera or species. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck named the genus Bruguiera in his honor. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy of this work has sold at auction in the last 45 years.
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch
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