SPALLANZANI (Lazzaro). Viaggi alle due Sicilie... - Lot 23 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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SPALLANZANI (Lazzaro). Viaggi alle due Sicilie... - Lot 23 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
SPALLANZANI (Lazzaro). Viaggi alle due Sicilie e un alcune parti dell'Appennino. Pavia, Baldassare Comini, 1792-1797, 6 vol. 8°, LV-1 bl.-292 p., 2 folding plates (I and II); 351-1 bl. p., 7 folding plates (III to IX); 364 p.; 256 (for 356 p.), 2 folding plates (X and XI); 371-1 bl. p. (jump from 144 to 149 without missing and from 196 to 193) and 288 p., half brown calf, ornate smooth spines, gilt titles, all margins (impeccable pastiche). Rare first edition, complete with its sixth volume, of the famous treatise on the last great voyage of the abbot, geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist Lazzaro Spallanzani. Inside are detailed descriptions of the volcanic activity of Vesuvius, Etna and the Sicilian islands, studies on the Apennines and the animals present on the explored lands. A very nice copy complete with its 11 folding plates without defects.
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