Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(LADMIRAL, JAN.) Ruysch, Frederick. Icon durae matris in concava [convexa] superficie visae. 2 color mezzotints by Ladmiral, each mounted inside rear cover, showing 2 views of the dura mater in an 8-month fetus. [2]; [2] leaves. Together, 2 volumes, each with Latin, French, and Dutch text. 4to, 282x233 mm (with mezzotints measuring 125-128x169 mm), loose in separated heavy brown paper wrappers, chipped along edges, front covers dampstained; text leaves toned. Amsterdam: Jacobus Graal & Henricus de Leth & Leiden: Theodorus Haak, 1737-38

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first edition. Choulant-Frank, page 268-69 (describing the underside view as "among the most beautiful of the entire series").