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BUCH, Leopold von (1774-1853). Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln. Berlin: Druckerei der koeniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1825.
4o (290 x 213 mm). 6 engraved (one hand-colored) and 3 lithographed folding plates, letterpress index to the plates on 2 folding leaves. (Scattered light foxing.) Late 19th-century calf, decorated in gilt and blind. Provenance: William Buckland, (presentation inscription from the author on front fly-leaf: "Pour Monsieur le Dr. W. Buckland with an atlas Oxford de la part de l'auteur"; Buckland's cut signature mounted below inscription).
FIRST EDITION. The atlas to Buch's Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln was originally published in folio format. In this copy the plates and descriptive text have been folded, presumably at the direction of Dr. Buckland, and bound with the text. Norman 365. Sold not subject to retrun.
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FIRST EDITION. The atlas to Buch's Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln was originally published in folio format. In this copy the plates and descriptive text have been folded, presumably at the direction of Dr. Buckland, and bound with the text. Norman 365. Sold not subject to retrun.