Histoire naturelle des poissons, par le citoyen la Cepede, membre de linstitut national, et professeur dhistoire naturelle.

T. I, II. Paris: Chez Plassan, 1798. "Estestvennaya istoriya ryb grazhdanina Sepeda, chlena natsional"nogo instituta i prepodavatelya muzeya estestvoznaniya" [Natural History of Fish by mister Cepede, member of the National Institut and professor of the Natural Science Museum] contains information on the origin of fishes, classifications of types and species, detailed description of each species taken separately. Illustrated with 49 engraved plates. Whole leather bindings, gold stamped spine, patterned endpaper, all edges coloured. Stamps of A.P.Semenov Library, the State Collegium of Foreign Affairs Library, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Internal Affairs Library. 20 х 25cm., in good condition: bindings frayed, slight soiling and inventory records. The edition is of collection value.