A Neuchatel, : De l'imprimerie de Samuel Fauche, libraire du roi, 1779-1783
Physical Details
8 volumes : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 27 cm (quarto)
OCLC
ocm17382331
Vol. 7 has variant publisher statement: De l'imprimerie de Samuel Fauche, pere & fils, libraires du roi; v. 8 also has variant statement: Chez Samuel Fauche, pere & fils, imprimeurs & libraires du roi.
Vol. 1: [4], xxxj, ij, [1], 96, 105-113, [11], [117]-574, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates (15 folded); v. 2: [4], ij, [2], 524, [4] p., [34] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: xvj, iij, [1], 579, [1], 2 p.; v. 4: [4], xx, 396, [4], 502, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 5: [2], iv, 395, [5], 412, 2 p., viii folded leaves of plates; v. 6: [8], xxiv, 422, 425-427, [1] p.; v. 7: [4], II, viij, 698 p.; v. 8: [4], x, v-xiv, [2], 509, [1] p.
Each volume has separate table of contents following text.
Final page of v. 8 blank.
Engravings: title-page vignettes, historiated head-pieces, plates. Some plates signed Billé, R.B., or LaCroix. Historiated vignettes signed Bradt.
Wood engravings: ornamental head- and tail-pieces.
Errata: v. 1: [2] p. at end; v. 2: [1] p. at end; v. 3: 2 p. at end; v. 4: p. [2] p. at end; v. 5: 2 p. at end; v. 6: [1] p. at end; v. 7: p. 698; and v. 8: p. 509.
t. 1. Traité d'insectologie. Observations diverses sur les insectes -- t. 2. Mémoires d'histoire naturelle. Recherches sur l'usage des feuilles -- t. 3. Considérations sur les corps organisés -- t. 4. Contemplation de la nature -- t. 5. pt. 1. Ecrits d'histoire naturelle -- t. 5. pt. 2. Lettres sur divers sujets d'histoire naturelle -- t. 6. Essai analytique sur les facultés de l'ame -- t. 7. La palingénésie philosophique -- t. 8. Essai de psychologie et écrits divers