May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FOX, JOSEPH. The Natural History of the Human Teeth. 13 engraved plates. vii, [1], 100, [13] pages. 4to, 262x212 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, hinges reinforced; varying foxing on opening leaves and on plates, offsetting from plates onto facing pages. 19th-century bookplate of Philip B. Mason; ownership inscription of H. H. Jager dated 1931. London, 1803

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first edition. "Fox's classic treatise on the teeth is the first to include explicit directions for correcting dental irregularities. It is the first work on orthodontics"--Garrison-Morton 3679.