Dec 17, 2019 - Sale 2527

Sale 2527 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(BOTANICAL.) Bigelow, Jacob. American Medical Botany. 60 color-printed engraved and stone-etched plates, some hand-finishing. 3 volumes, 8vo, 10x6 1/2 inches, contemporary tree calf over marbled paper covered boards with gilt morocco spine labels, light scuffing but generally quite nice; moderate foxing and offsetting. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817-1820

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"The first botanical work published in America" - Reese, Stamped with a National Character 10.