Pliny the Elder and GUEROULT, Claude-Bernard (trans.). Excer - Lot 269

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Pliny the Elder and GUEROULT, Claude-Bernard (trans.). Excer - Lot 269
Pliny the Elder and GUEROULT, Claude-Bernard (trans.). Excerpts from *Natural History*. Paris, Michel Lambert, 1785. In-8, full marbled calfskin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and two gilt garlands at the bottom, green morocco title label, blind-stamped fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, guilloché caps, red edges. VII and 554 pages. Binding shows slight rubbing; two small wormholes on the spine; a small ink stain on the upper margin of page IX. First edition of the excellent translation by Claude-Bernard Guéroult (1744–1821), with the Latin text in parallel columns. A very fine copy in a beautiful contemporary binding.
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