Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 233

Price Realized: $ 175
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
WOLF, JAKOB. Scutinium amuletorum medicum. [16], 688, [52] pages. 4to, 200x156 pages, contemporary vellum boards backed with gilt-tooled calf, joints partly cracked and chipped, front cover warped; contents heavily browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, free endpapers lacking. Contemporary armorial stamp of Guillaume de Montmoulin inside front cover; Dorbon-Aîné booklabel inside rear cover. Leipzig & Jena: widow of Reinhard Waechtler, 1690

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first edition of a work on medical amulets, organized alphabetically by complaints to be treated or prevented. Thorndike VIII, 624.