Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 175

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BROWNE, THOMAS, Sir. Pseudodoxia Epidemica; or, Enquiries into Very many received Tenents, and commonly presumed Truths. [20], 386 pages, including initial license leaf. Folio, 268x176 mm, early 20th-century russet morocco; marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, occasional marginal soiling, 18th-century owners' inscriptions on recto of license leaf, small piece torn from blank upper margin of title and larger portion from blank outer margin of b2, paper crack in blank lower outer corner of B3. London: T. H. for Edward Dod, 1646

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first edition of Browne's critique of popular misconceptions, false beliefs, and superstitions. Keynes 73; Norman 358; Wing B5159.