escrita en el idioma Francés por Mr. Saverien, y traducida al Castellano por un sacerdote amante del bien publico.
Translation of volume 4 of: Histoire des progrès de l'esprit humain dans les sciences [et] dans les arts qui en dependent. Histoire naturelle. Savoir: l'uranologie, la géologie [et] la mineralogie, la lithologie, l'hydrologie, la botanique, l'antropologie, la quadrupédologie, l'ornithologie, l'insectéologie, l'ichnyologie, la conchyologie, first printed Paris, 1778.
Intended to contain 12 fascicules but only 9 were actually produced.
Translator is identified as D[octo]r. D[o]n. Franc[isc]o. Martinez in ms. note on title page.
Signatures: [A] ([A]1 blank, [A]4 verso blank) chi1 B-C D² (D2 verso blank) E-F ²chi1 G-O ³chi² (³chi2 verso blank) P-S chi² (chi2 verso blank) T-Y Z² chi² 2A-2K 2L² chi² (chi2 verso blank) 2M-2R chi² 2S-2U (2U4 verso blank) chi² 2X-2Y 2Z² (2Z2 verso blank) chi² 3A-3F (3F4 blank)
Engraved tail pieces.
John Carter Brown LIbrary copy has two blank leaves separating each treatise, not counted in collation.
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