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Lot 135
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$704
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[SCIENCE & MEDICINE]. A group of 5 works on anatomy, comprising:
BELL, Charles (1774-1842). Engravings of the Arteries. London: C. Whittingham, 1801. -- LAURENS, Andre du (1558-1609). Historia Anatomica Humani Corporis. Venice: John Antonium and Jacobum de Franciscis, 1606. Contemporary full vellum. -- MILNE-EDWARDS, Alphonse (1835-1900). Expeditions Scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman." Paris: Maisson et Die, 1902. -- OWEN, Richard (1804-1892). Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus. London: Richard Taylor, 1832. -- Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. Haarlem: De Erven Loosjes, 1868.
Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo and 4to sizes, most rebound in modern half calf. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas