(NATURAL HISTORY) Rafinesque Constantine S Autikon Botanikon

Sale 1916 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 1,610

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

ORIGINAL WRAPPERS BOUND IN(NATURAL HISTORY.) Rafinesque, Constantine S. Autikon Botanikon. Icones Plantarum Select. Nov. vel Rariorum, plerumque Americana, interdum African. Europ. Asiat. Oceanic. &c. Centur. XXV. . . . First Part, Cent. I to V.<> 72 pages. 8vo, 19th-century 1/4 morocco with the original wrappers bound in; a few edge tears, dampstaining. Sabin 67446; Nissen, Botanische 1577.<\t>Philadelphia, 1840

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The preliminary text on verso of the title indicates that only 100 copies of the octavo text would be printed. Although intended as 5 parts, only 3 were published. Rafinesque, considered by historians as eccentric yet prescient in his proto-Darwinian views, published his works in small quantities, thus contributing to the rarity of his material. This work lists and describes 2500 botanical specimens and, as the introduction and rear wrapper indicate, was issued to accompany specimens which he was offering for sale at rather high prices.<