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RONDELET, Guilaume. La Première [et la seconde] partie de l' Histoire Entière des Poissons ... avec leurs Portraits au Naif, Lyon: Mace Bonhome, 1558. 2 parts in one volume, large 4° (228 x 196mm.), woodcut publisher's device on both title pages and portrait of Rondelet in a cartouche repeated twice, 420 woodcut illustrations, initials (first title with marginal waterstaining, light browning throughout), later calf by L. Glaessens, gilt panelled border, gilt decorated spine (front inner hinge detached, small adhesive repair to front cover), t.e.g., armorial bookplate of Eduardo J. Bullrich. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, translated by Laurent Joubert from the Latin version. Baudrier X, 239-41; Brunet IV, 1373: "[La] traduiction est plus recherchée que l' original Latin"; Nissen ZBI 348.
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