Oct 11, 2001 - Sale 1908

Sale 1908 - Lot 325

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
SPRAT, THOMAS. The History of the Royal-Society of London.<> Folding etched frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar after John Evelyn (soiled and mounted); 2 engraved plates. [16], 438, [1] pages, including initial license leaf with Royal Society arms on verso, and errata leaf at end. Small 4to, modern 1/4 black oasis with red morocco lettering piece; dampstaining in upper outer corners at beginning and end, old armorial bookplate and institutional stamp on title verso. London: T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667

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