Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JACOBS, JAN BERNARD. Vroedkundige Oeffenschool. 21 engraved plates. [20], 432, [9] pages. Folio, 257x195 mm, contemporary prize binding of mottled sheep with gilt insignia of the Châtellenie du Vieux-Bourg, Ghent (Jonghe d'Ardoye, page 561) on covers, front cover additionally stamped with text of prize award dated 1790, spine worn, ends chipped, portion of lettering piece off, front joint chipped at top and bottom, rear joint partly cracked; occasional marginal soiling, light dampstains in upper margins in middle volume. Ghent: J. F. Vander Schueren, 1784

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first edition of an illustrated manual of obstetrics. Hirsch III, 363.