Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 205

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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
HÜNERWOLFF, JACOB AUGUST. Anatomia paeoniae, in qua natales et qualitates paeoniae, itemque praeparationes et medicamenta ex ea varia cum virtutibus et usu ad plurimos humani corporis affectus exhibentur. [2], 110, [8] pages. 8vo, 175x109 mm, later marbled wrappers; contents browned and dampstained, wormtrail in blank upper margins toward end. Arnstadt: Heinrich Meurer, 1680

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first edition of a treatise on the characteristics, cultivation, and medicinal uses of the peony. Krivatsy 6108; Waring, page 605 (noting only 2 other works on this subject).