Lot 266
[HUSBANDRY & MAMMALS]. A group of 12 works in 13 volumes, most in original or contemporary bindings, a few rebacked preserving original spine, many FIRST OR FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, condition generally good.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Lot Description
[HUSBANDRY & MAMMALS]. A group of 12 works, including:
BRADLEY, R. Dictionarium Botanicum. L: T. Woodward et al, 1728. 2 volumes. Contemporary mottled calf. -- BRODIE, Peter Bellinger. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England. L, 1845. -- DROWN, William et al. Compendium of Agriculture or the Farmer’s Guide. Providence: Printed by Field & Maxcy, 1824. Later brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- HEWITT, Charles Gordon. The House-Fly… Its Structure, Habits, Development, Relation to Disease and Control. Cambridge, 1914. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- MARSH, Othniel Charles. Dinocerata a Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Mammals. Washington, 1886. -- PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius. Histoire de L’Agriculture Ancienne. Paris: G. Desprez, 1765. Contemporary mottled calf gilt. -- And 6 others. Together, 12 works in 13 volumes, various 4to, 8vo, and 12mo sizes, most in original or contemporary bindings, a few rebacked preserving original spine, many FIRST OR FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, condition generally good.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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