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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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CHARAS, Moyse (1618-1698). New Experiments upon Vipers. London: Printed by T. N. for J. Martyn, 1670.
8vo (180 x 110 mm). Engraved title (trimmed, soiled and frayed); 3 folding engraved plates. (Some browning, a few leaves soiled and frayed particularly at beginning and end.) Modern calf; cloth slipcase.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Moyse Charas's Nouvelles expériences sur la vipère, in which he argues that snake saliva only becomes venomous when the snake is agitated. Charas's view contradicted Francesco Redi's believe that venom was always present and produced in glands behind the fangs. ESTC R11562; Wing C2037.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota