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Auction archive: Lot number 335

COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate bet...

Auction 02.07.1994
2 Jul 1994
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$463 - US$772
Price realised:
£385
ca. US$595
Auction archive: Lot number 335

COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate bet...

Auction 02.07.1994
2 Jul 1994
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$463 - US$772
Price realised:
£385
ca. US$595
Beschreibung:

COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate between pp.934-935 found in some copies (blind-stamp on titles, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, 2 dedication leaves before p.1 and the final index leaf, one plate with glue stains), library cloth; sold not subject to return. [Norman 498: "the most elaborate English treatise on comparative anatomy of its day"; Wing C5387] (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 335
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jul 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate between pp.934-935 found in some copies (blind-stamp on titles, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, 2 dedication leaves before p.1 and the final index leaf, one plate with glue stains), library cloth; sold not subject to return. [Norman 498: "the most elaborate English treatise on comparative anatomy of its day"; Wing C5387] (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 335
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jul 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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