ADANSON, Michel - Lot 1

ADANSON, Michel Natural history of Senegal. Coquillages. Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bauche, 1757. In-4 (258 x 193 mm) of 4 ff.n.ch., 190, XCVI, 275 pp. 1 large engraved folding map, 19 engraved folding plates. Marbled calf, double cold fillet, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). Nissen, ZBI, 27; Howgego, A12; DSB, I, 58-59. First edition of this account of what is considered the first scientific expedition to Senegal. Originally conceived as a larger publication, only the section on shells was eventually published. The iconography includes a large map engraved by Buache, as well as 19 plates of mollusks. A very good copy despite some foxing; head and corners previously restored.