Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 99

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
HUNTER, JOHN. The Natural History of the Human Teeth: Explaining their Structure, Use, Formation, Growth, and Diseases. [6], (of [8]), 128, [8] pages; lacks half-title * A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth. 16 engraved plates by various artists after Jan van Rymsdyk. [6], iv, 128, [31] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, early 19th-century 1/2 calf, quite worn, needs rebacking; occasional light marginal soiling, last several plates dampstained in lower outer corners. London: J. Johnson, 1778; 1778

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Second edition of the first work, first edition of the second. In this copy the end matter has been transposed: the index to both works is bound at the end of the first, and the plates and their explanatory text leaves are bound at the end of the second.