Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 272

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
POMET, PIERRE. A Complete History of Druggs. 86 engraved plates, chiefly of botanical and zoological subjects. [16], 224; [20], 225-419, [13] pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with sheep; some plates browned, text generally quite clean. Bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., and the bibliographer Gilbert Redgrave. London: R. Bonwicke et al., 1712

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first edition in english of Pomet's 1694 Histoire Générale des Drogues, the most complete materia media of its time, including numerous references to New World plants and animals. Alden 712/175; Garrison-Morton 1827.1.