Live auction - Lot 672
[Medicine - Antwerp]
Acta ac observationes Societatis Edinburgensis in compendium redacta.
[Antwerp, c. 1750]
Hammer price: €
1.300
€ 350 / 400
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Lot description
C. 18 x 9,5 cm: [2]-203-[16 bl.] pp., well written, with a sm. number of nicely executed pen drawings or diagrams.
Contemp. calf, gilt ornamental border on covers, richly gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, red edges (front joint starting to split at top). Good condition.
Medical manuscript by the Antwerp physician, botanist, and member of the Belgian Royal Academy J.B. de Beunie (1718-1793).
Prov. J.B. Vervliet (1855-1942), Antwerp historian and collector (bookpl.). - [Walter Couvreur] (1914-1996), Antwerp philologist (pencil notes).