Auction 157

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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003

Lot 1244 Charles Bonnet. Oeuvres d'histoire naturelle …

Oeuvres d'histoire naturelle et de philosophie. 18 Bde. Mit 1 gestoch. Porträtfrontispiz, 56 gefalt. Tafeln u. 2 gefalt. Tabellen. Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1779-1783. 8°. Uniform gebunden. Kalbsldr. Einbd d. Zt. mit je mont. RSchildchen sowie goldgepr. Titel u. floraler Vergoldung, Vorsätze aus Marmorpapier u. dreiseitig marmorierter Schnitt (Bd. 2 mit kl. restauriertem Defekt auf VDeckel, Bd. 3 mit kl. Defekt am oberen Kapital, an den Kapitalen tls. mit kl. Einrissen).

Botanik und Zoologie

Naturwissenschaften – Nissen, ZBI 461. Vgl. Horn-Schenkling 1979. Lonchamp 383. Vgl. Wellcome II, 200. - Zweite Gesamtausgabe der Werke des berühmten Schweizer Naturforschers und Philosophen Charles Bonnet (1720-1793). Enthält neben zahlreichen botanischen und zoologischen (sowie entomologischen) Abhandlungen auch den Briefwechsel Bonnets mit Lazzaro Spallanzani sowie philosophische Ausführungen besonders zur Leibnizschen Philosophie und Psychologie. - Fliegender Vorsatz tls. lose, Bd. 1 im oberen u. Bd. 5 wenige Bll. im unteren Rand mit kl. Feuchtigkeitsfleck, insgesamt nur wenig gebräunt. Äußerst wohlerhaltene u. vollständige Reihe mit durchweg prachtvollen u. nuancierten Kupfertafeln in dekorativen Einbänden.

Natural Sciences – Botany - Zoology - 18 vols. With 1 engraved portrait frontispiece, 56 folded plates a. 2 folded tables. Cont. calf, each with mounted label a. gilt title on spine, marbled paper endpapers a. three-sided marbled edges. (Vol. 2 with a small restored defect on the cover, Vol. 3 with a small defect on the upper capital, some vols. with small tears on the capitals). - Second complete edition of the works of the famous Swiss natural scientist and philosopher Charles Bonnet (1720-1793). - Fly-leaves partly loosened, in vol. 1 in the upper margin a. vol. 5 few pp. in the lower margin with small moisture stain, overall only minimally browned. Exceptionally well-preserved and complete series with magnificent and nuanced copper plates throughout in decorative bindings.

Startprice: 800 €
Estimate: 1000 €

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