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Auction archive: Lot number 375

Sibbald (Robert) Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis, 1684.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$396 - US$528
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 375

Sibbald (Robert) Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis, 1684.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$396 - US$528
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Sibbald (Robert) Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis, 3 parts in 1 vol., 23 engraved plates on 21ff. (including the heraldic plate), bookplate, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and a little worn, [Nissen ZBI 3847; Wing S3727], folio, Jacobi Kniblo, 1684. ⁂ Sibbald instituted with Andrew Balfour the Botanical Garden at Edinburgh in 1667 and the above work contains an extensive catalogue of the plants grown in the garden. Provenance: J. R. P. Forrest, Edinburgh (bookplate).

Auction archive: Lot number 375
Auction:
Datum:
11 Jul 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Sibbald (Robert) Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis, 3 parts in 1 vol., 23 engraved plates on 21ff. (including the heraldic plate), bookplate, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and a little worn, [Nissen ZBI 3847; Wing S3727], folio, Jacobi Kniblo, 1684. ⁂ Sibbald instituted with Andrew Balfour the Botanical Garden at Edinburgh in 1667 and the above work contains an extensive catalogue of the plants grown in the garden. Provenance: J. R. P. Forrest, Edinburgh (bookplate).

Auction archive: Lot number 375
Auction:
Datum:
11 Jul 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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