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LOT 2219
General Books - Birds of America
1936 A.D.
11 1/4 x 8 in. (2.76 kg, 28.5 x 20.5 cm).
T. Gilbert Pearson (ed.) - New York, 1917 (1936 reprint), hardback with cloth covers, 289 pp, 102 plates. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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General Books - Prattica E Metodo di Computare Ogni Tempo
1750 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
P. Giambatista Pagani - Palermo, 1750, laid paper in full calf binding, 564 pp; spine worn; rare. 614 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Original calf binding, still mostly tight and with tables and charts: a concordance of chronometric calculations using the Roman Julian calendar, the solar calendar of the Egyptians, the lunar calendar of the Arabs and the Hebrew metrics based in these three traditions. -
General Books - Essai de Bibliographie Hippique - Supplément
1921 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Général Mennessier de la Lance - Paris, 1921, card covers, 64 pp. 151 grams, 25.3 x 16 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
General Books - Breve Instrvzione Medica Sopra La Pietra, E Gotta
1697 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Gio. Battista Contoli - Rome, 1697, card covers, 19 pp. 90 grams, 22 x 16 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Contoli has been called 'one of the most brilliant voices in medical humanism'. This paper deals with the supposed effects of gluten in the generation of (kidney-, gall-) stones and gout.
