Geology.- de Costa (Emanuel Mendes) A Natural History of Fossils, vol. 1 part 1 only (as published), first edition, first issue, with "Vol. 1 Part 1" printed on title, one engraved plate, list of subscribers, occasional light surface soiling or staining, heavier to last few leaves, ink inscription to title, bookplate to front pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf-backed boards, leather label to spine, bumping with loss to head of spine, upper joint cracked but firm, lightly rubbed, 4to, for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1757.
⁂ Emanuel Mendes de Costa based this book on his own collection of fossils and minerals.
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