The first work in this volume is a translation of Etienne François Turgot's Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de preparer, de conserver, et d'envoyer les diverses curiosités d'histoire naturelle (Paris, 1758). The second work, "Anweisung, wie die Bäume, die Pflanzen, die Saamen und verschiedene andere Seltenheiten der Naturgeschichte über Meer zu verschicken sind" (p. 169-266), is a translation of Duhamel du Monceau's Avis par le transport par mer des arbres, des plantes vivaces, des semences, et de diverses autres curiosités d'histoire naturelle. See BM (Nat. hist.), v. 3, p. 1284.

Some plates are signed by the illustrator Durand and/or the engraver J.M. Seligmann.

"Bericht an den Buchbinder" appears on p. 1.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; vignette on t.p.

Signatures: )(A-QR.

The final p. is blank.

Asher & Co. BV; purchase; 2009; $1740.00.

SCNHRB copy 39088015018765 has a printed bookseller's label on the front paste-down endpaper: Librairie ancienne et moderne E. Desbois ... Bordeaux. There is a faded ms. ink inscription at the top of the front free endpaper, possibly "par Turgot"[?].

SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.

SCNHRB copy has a modern dark half-leather binding with decorated paper boards, raised bands, gilt-lettered spine, and red sprinkled edges.