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Auction archive: Lot number 1028

SIBBALD, ROBERT, SIR.

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1028

SIBBALD, ROBERT, SIR.

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Scotia Illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: Jacobi Kniblio & others, 1684. 3 parts in 1 volume. [10], 15, [15], 102, [6]; [6], 114, [6]; [6], 56, [4] pp. 22 engraved plates on 20 leaves. Folio (375 x 250 mm). Period full calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered spine label. Some light spotting and a few faint stains, but generally internally clean, covers with corners rubbed, joints cracked. Sibbald was one of the earliest writers on the discovery of fossils in Scotland. Murray called this "the first systematic account of the natural history of Scotland" (History of Museums, I, p 153). Ward & Cartozzi, 2050.

Auction archive: Lot number 1028
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2010
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Scotia Illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: Jacobi Kniblio & others, 1684. 3 parts in 1 volume. [10], 15, [15], 102, [6]; [6], 114, [6]; [6], 56, [4] pp. 22 engraved plates on 20 leaves. Folio (375 x 250 mm). Period full calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered spine label. Some light spotting and a few faint stains, but generally internally clean, covers with corners rubbed, joints cracked. Sibbald was one of the earliest writers on the discovery of fossils in Scotland. Murray called this "the first systematic account of the natural history of Scotland" (History of Museums, I, p 153). Ward & Cartozzi, 2050.

Auction archive: Lot number 1028
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2010
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
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