[DE CHELUS, D. (fl. 1724-30)] Histoire naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre ... seconde édition, Amsterdam: Henri Strik, 1720, small 8°, second edition, title in red and black, 6 engraved plates, 4 folding (blue ink trace to upper margin of title, plate 2 with a repaired tear leading to slight loss and a second marginal tear, plate 4 with slight tear at inner margin), contemporary speckled calf, flat-backed gilt spine (rubbed, upper joint slightly split). [Knapp p. 194; Vicaire 445]

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[DE CHELUS, D. (fl. 1724-30)] Histoire naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre ... seconde édition, Amsterdam: Henri Strik, 1720, small 8°, second edition, title in red and black, 6 engraved plates, 4 folding (blue ink trace to upper margin of title, plate 2 with a repaired tear leading to slight loss and a second marginal tear, plate 4 with slight tear at inner margin), contemporary speckled calf, flat-backed gilt spine (rubbed, upper joint slightly split). [Knapp p. 194; Vicaire 445]
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Short note on the first edition in an early 19th-century hand to front free endpaper; René Chauveau, early 20th century bookplate.

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