Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BECHER, DAVID. Neue Abhandlung vom Karlsbade. 3 folding engraved plates. [12], 148; [2], 156; [6], 244 pages. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 8vo, 194x118 mm, contemporary speckled boards; contents toned, light marginal dampstaining at beginning and end of third part. Stamp of the Fürstliche Bibiothek, Donaueschingen, on verso of titles, showing through on recto. Prague: Wolfgang Gerle, 1772

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first edition of a description of the mineral springs at the famed spa in western Bohemia, with an analysis of their waters and curative effects.