Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 297

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
DIGBY, KENELM, Sir. Of Bodies, and of Man's Soul. To Discover the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. With Two Discourses Of the Powder of Sympathy, and Of the Vegetation of Plants. [56], 439, [1]; [10], 231 [i. e., 229] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 183x141 mm, 19th-century 1/4 calf, spine worn, front joint rubbed, rear joint partly cracked; some toning, scattered spotting and minor stains, partly scored inscription dated 1699 on general title verso, showing through on recto. 18th-century engraved portrait of the author tipped in facing general title. London: S. G. and B. G. for John Williams, 1669

Additional Details

'only collected edition of Digby's most important scientific works'—Rubin 27. Wing D1445.