[BOTANY]. A group of 5 works, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most illustrated, some hand-colored, condition generally good.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $406
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BOTANY]. A group of 5 works, including:
[LINNAEUS, Carolus]. An Introduction to the Science of Botany… from the Works of Linnaeus. London: F.C. and J. Rivington et al, 1810. Modern quarter calf gilt. Fourth edition, second issue. -- LINDLEY, John. An Introduction to Botany. London, 1848. 2 volumes. Original cloth. Fourth edition. -- EMORY, William H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Part I. Botany of the Boundary. Washington, 1859. (Vo. II, part I general botany only). Later quarter morocco. Provenance: Forrest Shreve (bookplate). With Shreve’s “The Plant Life of the Sonoran Desert” From 15 April 1936 laid in. -- And 2 others. Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most illustrated, some hand-colored, condition generally good. Complete list upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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