GOUAN, Antoine. Histoire des Poissons, Strasbourg: König, 1770, 4°, 4 folding engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates), later half morocco (worn, inner hinges broken) Provenance: JCL -- Petrus ARTEDUS (1705-1735). Bibliotheca Ichthyologica, Leiden: C. Wishoff, 1738, 5 parts in one volume, 8° (perforation stamp on title, lightly browned), contemporary speckled calf (rubbed). [Besterman 2020] Provenance: JCL (2)

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GOUAN, Antoine. Histoire des Poissons, Strasbourg: König, 1770, 4°, 4 folding engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates), later half morocco (worn, inner hinges broken) Provenance: JCL -- Petrus ARTEDUS (1705-1735). Bibliotheca Ichthyologica, Leiden: C. Wishoff, 1738, 5 parts in one volume, 8° (perforation stamp on title, lightly browned), contemporary speckled calf (rubbed). [Besterman 2020] Provenance: JCL (2)

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