[Rarebooks] FS: Best edition of Millin's "Elemens d'Histoire Naturelle" w/ 22 folding plates

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(NATURAL HISTORY) Millin, Aubin Louis. ELEMENS D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE, Ouvrage 
Couronne par le Jury des Livres Elementaires... pour les Ecoles Nationales. 
Troisieme Edition, Revue et Corrigee... Depuis la Premiere Publication de l’
Ouvrage, et Considerablement Augmentee; Enrichie de 22 Planches Contenant Plus de 
600 Figures. Paris: Leger. 1802. Thick 8vo. xl,680,(2)pp. Index. With 22 large 
copper engraved folding plates (between the end of the text and the index), 
containing over 600 figures. Cont. tree calf, gilt spine. An attractive copy, 
signed by the publisher on the verso of the title page to ward against 
counterfeit copies.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The third and “best” edition of this French natural history school book, 
with the addition of the numerous plates. The 1st edition of 1794 was 444 pages, 
the 2nd   of 1797, 563 pages and our 3rd further expanded to 680 pages.

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