Don Pedro Franco Dávila, el sabio guayaquileño olvidado. (Fragmentos del discurso de incorpoación al Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de Guayaquil).
Guayaquil: Edicions Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1952. 11 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w photos. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Slight sunning to front wrapper, leaves browned, a very good or better copy. Item #34033
Inscribed by the author to Maury Bromsen. Signed gift card from author laid in loose. Pedro Franco Davila (ca. 1710-1775), Peruvian naturalist (born in Ecuador) who moved to Paris and whose fabulous collection formed the backbone of Spain's National Museum of Natural History (then the Royal Cabinet of Natural History).
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