RICHARD, Jérôme, dit l'abbé

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RICHARD, Jérôme, dit l'abbé
Histoire naturelle de l'air et des météores. Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, 1770-1771. 10 volumes in- 12 (165 x 97 mm) of 4 ff.n.ch., LXXIX, 481 pp. 3 ff.n.ch. for volume I ; 2 ff.n.ch, 528 pp. for volume II; 2 f.n.c., IV, 551 pp. for volume III; 2 f.n.c., 560 pp. for volume IV; VIII, 532 pp. for volume V; 1 f.n.c., V, 552 pp. 1 folding typographical table for volume VI; 2 ff.n.ch., III, 468 pp. for volume VII; VIII, 528 pp. for volume VIII; VIII, 496 pp. for volume IX; VIII (misquoted XII), 467 pp. for volume X. Speckled calf, double gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). First edition. Jérôme Richard, born in Dijon around 1720, was a member of the Institut and canon of the abbey of Vézelay. His Histoire naturelle de l'air et des météores constitutes a remarkable study on meteorological phenomena and the observation of climatic manifestations in Europe, but also in America, in Jamaica, in Africa and in the southern lands. A fine copy, with a small trace of wetness on the last 10 leaves of volume X.
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