Voyage d'Auvergne

Paris, Eugène Onfroy, 1788; octavo (8vo), XII, 555 pages. Later 19th-century olive-green half-calf, smooth spine, gilt title and author, decorated with interlacing tooling framed by gilt fillets. Splits to the joints of this Romantic binding. Uncommon first edition, complete with the folding view of Clermont surrounded by the volcanoes, engraved by Nicolas Ponce. The author describes the town of Clermont and its region, notably its natural history, which he studied during his travels.