Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BÜTTNER, CHRISTOPH GOTTLIEB. Vollständige Anweisung wie durch anzustellende Besichtigungen ein verübter Kindermord auszumitteln sey. [16], 242 pages * CREVE, CARL CASPAR. Vom Metallreize, einem neuentdeckten untrüglichen Prüfungsmittel des wahren Todes. Folding engraved plate. xiv, 226, [2] pages, including errata leaf at end * VEITH, J. E. Handbuch der gesammten gerichtlichen Thierarzneykunde. xx, 552 pages. Together, 3 volumes. Various formats, various contemporary bindings, varying wear; contents of the first 2 works browned or foxed, institutional stamps on title verso in second work, stains on last few leaves of the third work. Königsberg & Leipzig, 1771; Leipzig & Gera, 1796; Vienna, 1821

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first editions. The first work deals with the identification of signs of infanticide, the second with the use of galvanic stimulation to determine irreversible death; the third is a treatise on forensic veterinary medicine.