£450
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs - Including the Trevor Dawson Magic Collection | 613
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
sive Prodromus Historiae Naturalis. Edinburgh: J. Kniblo, J. Solingen and J. Colmar, for the Author, 1684. First edition, folio, woodcut device on title, 22 engraved plates on 11 leaves, without the heraldic plate (as often), dust-soiling to title margins, inscription on endpaper of Jo. Maule, later bookplate of Ferguson of Raith, contemporary quarter calf with marbled sides and vellum corners, uncut, neatly rebacked, raised bands, marbled boards a bit worn