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Lot 151
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[BOTANY]. A Short Attempt to Recommend the Study of Botanical Analogy, in Investigating the Properties of Medicines from the Vegetable Kingdom. London et al: G. Robinson and C. Elliott, 1784.
8vo (160 x 94 mm). Half-title. (Some minor staining) Contemporary calf (front cover detaching, slight wear and staining). Provenance: McAins (contemporary signature to title-page).
FIRST EDITION, the only edition of this work. RARE: ESTC locates only 4 copies of this work in American libraries. According to online records, only one copy of this work has sold at auction in the last 50 years. ESTC T87655.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil