Amsterdam & Leipzig: Arkste'e & Merkus, 1752. First French Edition. Quartos, 2 volumes, [xxii], 554; [ii], 316, [vi], [viii], [3]-309, [iii] pages. In Fair condition. Bound in quarter leather with black pattered paper covered boards. Moderate wear, including splitting to hinges, rubbing and scuffing to boards. Some bookworm damage throughout, primarily towards beginnings and ends of volumes with some damage to plates. Private purple library stamp intermittent throughout both volumes, with over twenty uses. All 55 plates present, although some are loose and kept in a folder. Volume 1 has plates I-V, X, IX, XI, XIII-XVI, XXIV, XXIII bound in. Volume 2 has plates XXXI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXX, XXXIV, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLVI, XL, XLI, XLIII, XLIV, XLV bound in, as well as eight unnumbered plates from page 213 through 231. The folder contains plates XII, XXIA, VIII, XXII, XXV, VI, XXIB, XVIII, XVII, XX, XXVI, XXXII, XXIX, XXXIII, XXXVII, XXXV, as well as three unnumbered maps, including the large folding map of the pacific coast. Some of the scientific plates at the end of volume 2 browned, as appears to be normal for this edition. ZG consignment. Shelved in Room A. More