May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 306

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BALFOUR, ANDREW. Letters written to a Friend . . . Containing Excellent Directions and Advices for Travelling thro' France and Italy. [12], x, 274 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary sheep, spine worn, ends chipped; contents heavily toned with marginal spotting on title, burn hole in blank outer margin of D4-F1. Edinburgh, 1700

Additional Details

first edition of the only book by a Scottish physician and botanist (1630-94) who spent 15 years on the Continent. Pine-Coffin 668/1; Wing B552.