Lot 135
South America.- Fermin (Philippe) Histoire Naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale... dans la Colonie de Surinam, first French edition, Amsterdam, M. Magerus, 1765.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
South America.- Fermin (Philippe) Histoire Naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale... dans la Colonie de Surinam, first French edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, errata leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, small chip to head of spine, [Sabin 24114; STCN 183942620; Wood p.339], 8vo, Amsterdam, M. Magerus, 1765.
⁂ Philippe Fermin was a physician in Surinam from 1754-1762. He "possessed a cabinet with a.o. insects of Surinam. Well-known author about the colony of Surinam, about diseases of that area and about its plants." (Engel's Alphabetical List of Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... 2. ed. p.86). The charming frontispiece depicts exotic animals, and the title-vignette shows fishes, shells, and fishing gear, both drawn and engraved by O.de Vries.
Description
South America.- Fermin (Philippe) Histoire Naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale... dans la Colonie de Surinam, first French edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, errata leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, small chip to head of spine, [Sabin 24114; STCN 183942620; Wood p.339], 8vo, Amsterdam, M. Magerus, 1765.
⁂ Philippe Fermin was a physician in Surinam from 1754-1762. He "possessed a cabinet with a.o. insects of Surinam. Well-known author about the colony of Surinam, about diseases of that area and about its plants." (Engel's Alphabetical List of Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... 2. ed. p.86). The charming frontispiece depicts exotic animals, and the title-vignette shows fishes, shells, and fishing gear, both drawn and engraved by O.de Vries.
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