[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Dufour's French & Latin work on the sciences and fine arts. Bruges: 1781

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Dufour, L'Abbe]. ABREGE HISTORIQUE DES SCIENCES ET DES BEAUX-ARTS, en Latin et en Francois, par M. L'Abbe ***, Professeur Royal. Bruges: Joseph Van Praet. 1781. First edition. xviii,464pp. Text in French & Latin. Cont. mottled calf.        $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
With chapters on the history of printing, navigation, painting, engraving, architecture, dance, economics, poetry, astronomy, medicine, etc. An excellent copy. This is the only copy currently for sale on-line.

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