Sold for:
$73
$73
Geneva: Barthelemi Chirol, 1785. 8vo, rebound in full calf, gilt-lettered spine label, renewed endpapers, half-title. Second edition, with three engraved fold-out plates and engraved head-piece. "Spallanzani discovered the action of the saliva in digestion" and his conclusions "were similar to those of Pasteur nearly a century later." (Garrison-Morten 981) Manuscript ex-libris to title page; some light rubbing to boards.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09