Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BROWNE, SIR THOMAS. Pseudodoxia Epidemica . . . Second Edition. [16], 329, [10] pages (2Q2.3 folded backward, with pages 292-294 out of order). Folio, early 20th-century blind-ruled calf in period style, spine darkened and scuffed; title darkened and soiled, dampstaining in gutter of preliminaries, second half of volume dampstained. London: A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650

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" . . . an unusual and interesting work in which Browne attacks falsely-held traditions, superstitions, and folklore relating to the nature of plants, animals, and man"--Heirs of Hippocrates 487 (1646 original edition). Keynes (Browne) 74; Wing B5160 (this edition).