PAUL (François) Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Prusse, concernant l'anatomie ; la physiologie ; la physique ; l'histoire naturelle ; la botanique ; la minéralogie ; &c. Extracts from the sixteen in-4° volumes that make up the Memoirs of the said Academy. Avec un choix des Mémoires de chimie & de philosophie spéculative, des Discours Préliminaires, & des Appendix, où l'on indique les nouvelles découvertes. By M. Paul Paris : Panckoucke, 1770. -7 volumes in-12, marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). Abridged reprint of the in-4 edition of 1768, published by Paul François, illustrated with 45 plates and 2 folding tables. Copy in contemporary binding, complete with all 7 volumes published in 1770, which is rare for this work. A two-volume supplement appeared in 1774. (Most headpieces missing, corners dulled and some wear rubbing. Last plate of volume 3 torn but not missing.)