Lot 468
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
£325
Description
Institutiones rei herbariae. [Paris, 1700 or Lyons, 1719]. Volumes 2 and 3 only (of 3), 4to, engraved titles, numerous engraved plates, contemporary calf, titles slightly spotted, worn, upper boards detached; Perrault, Claude The natural history of animals. London: R. Smith, 1702. Folio, 35 engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacks engraved title, title frayed and soiled, a few short tears, boards detached and worn; Thornton, R.J. A new family herbal. London: R. Phillips, 1810. 8vo, wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick, later half calf, uncut, preliminaries stained, slightly rubbed (4)