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LOT 2217
General Books - Breve Instrvzione Medica Sopra La Pietra, E Gotta
1697 A.D.
8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (90 grams, 22 x 16 cm).
Gio. Battista Contoli - Rome, 1697, card covers, 19 pp.
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
FootnotesContoli 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.
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LOT 2217
General Books - Breve Instrvzione Medica Sopra La Pietra, E Gotta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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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 - The Palestine Case, an intolerable Regime
1936 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
The Palestine New Press - Jaffa, 1936, hardback with cloth covers; English and Arabic text. 429 grams, 35 x 25.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Interesting social document covering the Arab reaction to the proposals for the establishment of a Jewish nation-state, including the acts of sabotage to railways, deployment of British troops, contemporary political cartoons, etc. -
General Books - De L'Eglise Gallicane by J de Maistre
1854 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Count J de Maistre - De L'Eglise Gallicane - Lyon, 1854, cloth binding with gold block titling to spine, 358 pp; with 'Ex Libris de Charencey' bookplate to inside cover. 491 grams, 21.6 x 14 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
