Jacques-Christophe VALMONT DE BOMARE (1731-1807), - Lot 230

Jacques-Christophe VALMONT DE BOMARE (1731-1807), Dictionnaire raisonné universel d'histoire naturelle, contenant l'histoire des animaux, des végétaux et des minéraux, et celle des corps célestes, des météores, et autres principaux phénomènes de la nature, Paris, Lacombe, 1768. 7 volumes in-4, marbled calf, ornate spine, marbled edges, contemporary binding, H: 17.5 cm; W: 11 cm; D: 4.4 cm Worn spines, accidents and slight loss, scattered foxing. The naturalist, pharmacist and traveler Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807) was director of the Prince de Condé's physics and natural history cabinet in Chantilly. His Dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, published in 1764 and reprinted until 1800, served as a model for all similar works.