Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 195
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BARTHOLIN, THOMAS; and VESLING, JOHANN. De insolitis partus humani viis dissertatio nova. Accedunt . . . De pullitie Aegyptiorum & aliae . . . observationes anatomicae & epistolae medica posthumae. [2], 194, [2]; [8], 248 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 153x94 mm, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, rubbed, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents relatively clean. The Hague: Petrus Gosse, 1740

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Second edition of Bartholin's dissertation on unusual births and Vesling's observations during his stay in Egypt on the development of artificially hatched chickens, originally published together in 1664. DSB XIV, 12 (for Vesling).