Oct 18, 2005 - Sale 2052

Sale 2052 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 374
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
CAMPER, PIETER. Oeuvres. 3 volumes. With atlas containing 34 (of ?) engraved plates (foxed, with pencil and ink annotations) without preliminaries. Together, 4 volumes. Text volumes 8vo, later 19th-century 1/4 red morocco, spines scuffed, original wrappers bound in; atlas 4to, early 19th-century 1/4 tree calf, joints cracked and chipped, spine ends reinforced with cloth tape. Bookplate of Prince Roland Bonaparte in text volumes. Paris: H. J. Jansen, 1803

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Collected edition in French of Camper's writings on natural history, physiology, and comparative anatomy. Garrison-Morton 77 (1784-90 edition in German). DSB III, 37-38.