Lot 197 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts
Tractatus Secundus, De praeternaturali utriusque mundi historia, In sectiones tres divisa. Francofurti: Erasmus Kempffer and Theodore de Bry, 1621.
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,386–$3,580
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts, London · 13 July 2022
- Dimensions
- 287 x 185mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3442847
- Record
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Fludd, Robert. 1574-1637., Tractatus Secundus, De praeternaturali utriusque mundi historia, In sectiones tres divisa. Francofurti: Erasmus Kempffer and Theodore de Bry, 1621. Christie's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442847.
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Fludd, Robert. 1574-1637., Tractatus Secundus, De praeternaturali utriusque mundi historia, In sectiones tres divisa. Francofurti: Erasmus Kempffer and Theodore de Bry, 1621. Christie's, 13 Jul 2022, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442847.
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