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BARBA, ALVARO ALONSO. Traité de l'art métalique...auquel on a joint un memoire concernant les mines de France. Paris: Pierre Prault 1730.
8vo, 163 x 95mm. (6 7/16 x 3 3/4in.), contemporary mottled French sheep, spine gilt, head and foot of spine chipped, corners worn, modern cloth folding box case.
First Edition in French, edited by Charles Hautin de Villars, 8 folding engraved plates including the frontispiece signed "J.B. Scotin Sculp", woodcut ornaments.
Honeyman sale I.203 (imperfect); Palau 23638; Sabin 3255.
Provenance: Jacques Gaillard, Canon of Rouen, eighteenth-century bookplate.
8vo, 163 x 95mm. (6 7/16 x 3 3/4in.), contemporary mottled French sheep, spine gilt, head and foot of spine chipped, corners worn, modern cloth folding box case.
First Edition in French, edited by Charles Hautin de Villars, 8 folding engraved plates including the frontispiece signed "J.B. Scotin Sculp", woodcut ornaments.
Honeyman sale I.203 (imperfect); Palau 23638; Sabin 3255.
Provenance: Jacques Gaillard, Canon of Rouen, eighteenth-century bookplate.