[History of science] Louis Dutens, Origine des Découvertes attribuées aux Modernes

Troisième edition. London, printed by W. & C. Spilsbury, 1796, XXII,363,(1) pp., approbation by the author facing the title, marbled endpapers, in contemporary leather, boards with gilt blindstamping, spine gilt, 4to.

Front board tender, spine worn and spine ends dam., lacks letterpiece, a few pp. foxed, small sticker to endpapers, else good copy. Curious and rich work by the antiquarian Louis Dutens (1730-1812), here in the extended third edition.