Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 600
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
FREIND, JOHN. Emmenologia: in qua fluxus muliebris menstrui phaenomena . . . exiguntur. [12],194, [14] pages, including final blank. 8vo, contemporary calf, bottom of spine chipped, cover corners worn; contents clean. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre for Thomas Bennet, 1703

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first edition of a treatise on menstruation. Front free endpaper inscribed: "The gift of his ingenious & learned friend Mr. Edward Lloyd of the Musaeum in Oxon." Lloyd (or Lhuyd, d. 1709) was a naturalist and antiquary who served as keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford from 1701 until his death.