Owen, Richard
£450
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton. 1848. 8vo, inscribed "from the author" on front endpaper, 6 plates (2 folding) & 3 folding tables, original cloth, rubbed; Owen, Richard On the nature of limbs. 1849. 8vo, frontispiece & 2 plates, original cloth, one plate torn without loss; Owen, Richard A history of British fossil reptiles. For the author, 1849. Paris 1-3 (of 8), 61 lithographed plates, original wrappers, spines worn, covers detaching; Owen, Richard Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic sloth. 1842. 4to, 24 lithographed plates, original cloth, 1 folding plate split at folds and repaired, spotted, lacks spine; all with RCSI stamp to title; sold not subject to return (6)