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Amsterdam, Rotterdam, J. Wetstein & amp; G. Smith, & amp; Zacharie Chatelain, Jean Hofhout, 1734. In 4. Frontispiece printed in red and black, intaglio vignette on the title page, portrait of the author in an oval, beautiful front door by Picart engraved by Folkema, out of text, at the beginning of each book, 24 plates full page, with caption at the bottom, 24 ornate heads, and 21 culs-de-lampe finely engraved on copper, initials and woodcut friezes, slight uniform burnishing, sporadic blooms, woodworm holes at the outer edges of the first cards and the inner ones of the last, coeval binding in full leather, spine with 6 nerves, richly decorated the compartment with phytomorphic motifs embossed in gold, red leather insert for the title, marbled cuts, worn corners, back defects. Ex libris & nbsp; by Friederich von Wiss on the flyleaf. & nbsp; & nbsp;
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First edition, of which 150 copies were printed in folio format. The engravings that accompany it are splendid, creations by Debrie, Dubourg, and Picart. & Nbsp; & nbsp;
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