Title
Histoire naturelle du Sénégal, coquillages : avec la relation abrégée d'un voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53
By
Adanson, Michel, 1727-1806
Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Paris, C.-J.-B. Bauche, 1757
Notes
Folded map, bound to face, p. [1], 2nd count, has title: "Carte generale du Senegal corrigée, et augmentée de plusieurs détails par M. Adanson correspondant de l'Acade[mie] r[oya]le des Sc[iences]. Dressée et executée par les soins de Philippe Buache 1756"
Folded plates numbered 1-19 are bound following p. [1], 6th count, and have engravings of examples of shells and mollusks.
"Voyage au Senégal", p. [1]-190, has separate caption title.
Part 1 of "Histoire des coquillages", p. [i]-xcvi, consists of an explanation of the physiology of shells and tables.
Part 2 of "Histoire des coquillages", p. 1-269, consists of a detailed explanation of the 19 numbered plates following p. [1], 6th count.
Signatures: pi⁴ (pi1 verso blank) A-Z⁴ 2A⁴ (-2A4) a-m⁴ (a1 verso blank) chi1 (chi1 verso blank) ²A-²2A⁴ 2B-2L⁴ 2M² (2M2 verso blank)
Includes index on p. 270-275.
Errata: p. [7], 1st count.
Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | 27.
Gay, J. Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'Afrique et à l'Arabie, | 2883.
Subjects
Description and travel
,
Gambia River Valley
,
Gorée (Senegal)
,
Imprint 1757
,
Mollusks
,
Natural history
,
Senegal
,
Shellfish
,
Shells
Call Number
QL427.S46 A43 1757
Language
French
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11585
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/06025103
OCLC:
7662115
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