[SIGAUD de LA FOND (Joseph-Aignan)]. Dictionary of the Wonde - Lot 134

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[SIGAUD de LA FOND (Joseph-Aignan)]. Dictionary of the Wonde - Lot 134
[SIGAUD de LA FOND (Joseph-Aignan)]. Dictionary of the Wonders of Nature. By M. A. J. S. D. Paris, Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1781, 2 volumes in-8, title page–IV–493 pp. – title page–476 pp.–1 folio. Contemporary bindings in granite-patterned fawn sheepskin, covers framed by a triple gilt fillet, spine with guilloché raised bands, gilt filleted panels adorned with tassels and small gilt irons, red and green title labels, red edges. - A pleasant copy. Note, however, an ink stain that has scorched the outer edge of the last 10 leaves of Volume II over a length of 5 cm. Otherwise in very good condition. First edition. The famous surgeon-obstetrician Joseph-Aignan Sigaud de La Fond also published several works on physics. In this one, he compiles a list of curious phenomena: extraordinary abstinences; divining rods; corpses; caves; the brain; teeth; precocious children; underground fires; extraordinary pregnancies; mermen; spontaneous combustion; the tongue; skunks; apparent death; dwarfs; hurricanes; extraordinary divers; salamanders; superfetation; earthquakes; volcanoes; etc. A second edition was published in 1802. - (Caillet, 10187 - Barbier I, col. 968 - Quérard IX, p. 135).
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