LIER, Johannes van (1726-1799). Verhandeling over de Slangen en Adders die in het Landschap Drenthe gevonden worden. Amsterdam and Groningen: E. Houtuin and L. Huisingh, 1781. 4° (260 x 200mm). Text in Dutch and French, printed in double-column, engraved additional pictorial title with letterpress explanatory leaf, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Marginal adhesion mark to L4 and M1, very faint dampstaining to some gatherings.) Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, marbled edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tailcaps more heavily, spine label slightly defective).

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LIER, Johannes van (1726-1799). Verhandeling over de Slangen en Adders die in het Landschap Drenthe gevonden worden. Amsterdam and Groningen: E. Houtuin and L. Huisingh, 1781. 4° (260 x 200mm). Text in Dutch and French, printed in double-column, engraved additional pictorial title with letterpress explanatory leaf, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Marginal adhesion mark to L4 and M1, very faint dampstaining to some gatherings.) Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, marbled edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tailcaps more heavily, spine label slightly defective).

Johannes van Lier was a politician, lawyer, tax collector and Deputy of Drenthe. He wrote several treatises on a wide variety of subjects including history, archaeology and natural history. Nissen ZVB 2509.

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