4to (313 x 230 mm). Half-title; 95 engraved plates (5 double-page). (A few small spots, some minor dust-soiling to a few leaves.) Original boards uncut (rebacked in modern calf gilt, some rubbing). Provenance: California Academy of Sciences (blindstamp on title-page).

FIRST EDITION of Bruguière's contribution to Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique.  Bruguière, who accompanied Kerguelen-Trémarec on his first voyage to the Antarctic in 1773, named more than 140 marine genera or species.  Jean-Baptiste Lamarck named the genus Bruguiera in his honor.  RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy of this work has sold at auction in the last 45 years.