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Lot 72
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$384
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. NEES VON ESENBECK, Christian Gottfried Daniel (1776-1858). Das System der Pilze und Schwämme. Wurzburg, 1817.
2 volumes in one, 4to. 2 folding tables to vol.1; engraved title and 46 hand-colored engraved plates in vol.2. (Marginal toning or spotting.) Contemporary sheep (spine panel perished, edgewear). Provenance: "Dr. Went" (old stamp on title).
Second edition. RARE: according to online records, only 2 copies have sold at auction in the past century. Stafleu 6675; Nissen BBI 1438.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas