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LOVELL, Robert (1630?-1690). \Kpanzooruktologia\k sive panzoologicomineralogia. Or a Compleat History of Animals and Minerals. Oxford: H. Hall for J. Godwin, 1661. -- \Kpanoruktologia\k. Sive pammineralogicon. Or an Universal History of Mineralls. Oxford: W. Hall for J. Godwin, 1661.
2 volumes in one, 8° (165 x 97mm). Titles within a typographical border. (Light browning and spotting.) 20th-century sprinkled calf. Provenance: Sion College (library and release stamps on title verso).
FIRST EDITIONS of these two works on zoology and mineralogy almost always found together. In the second work Madan calls for a preliminary gathering of 2 blanks, a title and an unnumbered leaf of index that should belong between pp.112 & 113. In this copy the second blank is substituted by a longitudinal title-leaf. Madan 2562 and 2561; Wing L-3246 and L-3245.
2 volumes in one, 8° (165 x 97mm). Titles within a typographical border. (Light browning and spotting.) 20th-century sprinkled calf. Provenance: Sion College (library and release stamps on title verso).
FIRST EDITIONS of these two works on zoology and mineralogy almost always found together. In the second work Madan calls for a preliminary gathering of 2 blanks, a title and an unnumbered leaf of index that should belong between pp.112 & 113. In this copy the second blank is substituted by a longitudinal title-leaf. Madan 2562 and 2561; Wing L-3246 and L-3245.
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