$3,120
A group of 3 vols. of plates with engravings of female reproductive anatomy. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774. Folio, 3/4 leather-backed marbled boards. With 34 plates of engravings. In English and Latin. Wear to binding, with 2 x 2 inch hole to covering of front board; foxing throughout, primarily to edges; dampstaining to edges, not affecting images or text; library call number in ink to title page; otherwise sound. With, By Wilhelm His. Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, 1880. 2 vols., vols. 1 and 3 only. Folio, in wrappers. Vol. 1, "Embryonen des Ersten montate", with 8 plates; vol. 2, "Embryonen bis ende des Zweiten monate", with 7 plates. Fading to wrappers; light wear to edges of plates; otherwise sound. All in wooden case.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-10-30