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Lipsiae, Apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium, 1790.. FIRST EDITION 1790, VOLUME 1 and first part of VOLUME 2 ONLY OF 3 VOLUME SET, bound in 1 volume. TEXT IN LATIN, LACKS TITLE PAGE TO VOLUME 2. Folio approximately 375 x 240 mm, 14¾ x 9½ inches, 30 hand coloured plates plus 1 black and white plate 13B, engraved vignette to title page, pages: [8], [4],1-104; including list of plates; [4], 1-21, [1], including list of plates, Part 2 lacks 5 colour plates and revelant text, (Part 3 published in 1801), bound in quarter green cloth, with part of gilt lettered leather label to spine, marbled paper boards. Binding rubbed and worn, hinges of spine cracked and repaired, marbled covers rubbed and scuffed, corners worn with board showing, shelf wear to edges with loss of marbled paper, 1 colour plate has pale browning to margins, not affecting image, pastedowns and endpapers a little dusty and with light browning, light foxing to prelims, a little pale foxing to a few plates, the pink list of plates to Volume 2… Read More