Merian | [Plantes et Insectes de L'Europe, c.1750]

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA
[Plantes et Insectes de L’Europe]. Paris: Huquier, [c.1750]

4 parts in one volume, large 4to (275 x 201mm.), 4 engraved sectional titles, 183 engraved plain plates (3 of the sectional titles included in the plate collation, numbered as follows: title 1: 1bis; title 2: 51bis; title 3: 101), contemporary speckled vellum, red edges, lacking 3 plates (170-172), minor spotting or staining, slightly bowed, corners bumped

PROVENANCE:
"The gift of Sophia Countess of Haddington, to the Library at Tynninghame, 1795", inscription to front free endpaper

Condition Report:
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