Cassel, Imprimerie Française de Cassel, 1784. 8vo (20.4 x 12.2 cm). xx, 258 pp. Original blind wrappers.

A French translation of the first part of the author's Geographische Geschichte der Menschen und der allgemein verbreitenen vierfüssigen Thiere published in three volumes (1778-1783); see Cat. BM(NH). This edition is not mentioned and must be rare. Eberhard August Wilhelm (Guillaume) von Zimmermann (1743-1815) was a professor and director at the oldest German technical university, the Collegium Carolinium in Braunschweig (Poggendorff). Uncut. Edges a bit frayed, but generally in excellent condition, clean. Cat. BM(NH) 5 p. 2391; Poggendorff, II, pp. 1411-1412.