Lot 5 · 20Th Century British Decorative Arts
ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12.
ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12.
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- $600–$800 hammer
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- Sale
- Christie's — 20TH CENTURY BRITISH DECORATIVE ARTS, London (South Kensington) · 9 June 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6212356
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ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12., ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12. Christie's, 9 Jun 1999, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6212356.
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ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12., ALPINUS, Prospero (1553-1617). Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accedunt huic editioni ejusdem Auctoris libri de balsamo & rhapontico. -BONTIUS, Jacob. Medicina indorum . Leiden: Boutestein, 1719. Four parts in one, 4 o (196 x 154 mm). General title printed in red and black, three parts with separate titles (each dated 1718). Engraved title-vignette and 8 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards. NLM/Blake, p. 12. Christie's, 9 Jun 1999, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6212356.
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