May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 338
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
SIBBALD, ROBERT, Sir. Scotia Illustrata; sive, Prodromus historiae naturalis. 22 engraved illustrations on 20 leaves; lacks the portrait. [10], 15, [15], 102, [6]; [6], 114, [6]; [8], 56, [8] pages, including leaf with engraved coat of arms. Folio, disbound; light marginal dampstaining in middle of volume, scattered early marginalia, plate 6 overprinted by mistake. Edinburgh: James Knible et al., 1684

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first edition of a work on the natural history of Scotland, with sections on climate, geography, epidemiology and folk medicine, flora, fauna, and mineralogy. Nissen ZBI 3847; Wing S3727.