Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The Secrets of Generation diplayed in all the parts thereof..., J. How, and are to be sold next door to the Anchor Tavern in Sweethings-rents in Cornhil, 1684, THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE COPY OF ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST SURVIVING EDITIONS — ARISTOTLE'S MASTER-PIECE

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Estimate: £2,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $3,164–$6,328
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, and Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 12 November 2014
Record ID: TB-2026-1994948
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Aristotle's Master-piece, Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The Secrets of Generation diplayed in all the parts thereof..., J. How, and are to be sold next door to the Anchor Tavern in Sweethings-rents in Cornhil, 1684, THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE COPY OF ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST SURVIVING EDITIONS. Bonhams, 12 Nov 2014, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1994948.

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Aristotle's Master-piece, Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The Secrets of Generation diplayed in all the parts thereof..., J. How, and are to be sold next door to the Anchor Tavern in Sweethings-rents in Cornhil, 1684, THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE COPY OF ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST SURVIVING EDITIONS. Bonhams, 12 Nov 2014, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1994948.

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From the same sale Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, and Photographs · Nov 2014

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Le Neptune françois, ou recueil des cartes maritimes, levées et gravé…	Bellin	£3,000–£5,000
Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot: In Two Parts, Being a New and Exact S…	Collins	£2,000–£3,000
Maps of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 2 vol., Cha…	Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge	£1,500–£2,000
Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, que continentur …	Aldini	£600–£800
Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 50-69 bound in …	Curtis	£3,000–£4,000
ELWES (HENRY JOHN) and AUGUSTINE HENRY The Trees of Great Britain & I…	—	£800–£1,200

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