Lot 260
Browne (John) A Compleat Treatise of the Muscles..., first edition, Tho. Newcombe for the Author, 1681.
Estimate: £750 - 1,000
Description
Browne (John) A Compleat Treatise of the Muscles..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 37 plates, with 12 extra leaves of explanatory letterpress, 3pp. list of subscribers, without Q1 leaf as usual, portrait with small repair to fore-margin, 2S2 paper-flaw affecting few letters, small rust-hole within plates 5 & 19, final f. tear within catchword repaired, few other short marginal tears, the occasional stain or light soiling, some light spotting or browning, modern antique-style panelled calf, spine faded, faint staining, [Wing B5126], folio, Tho. Newcombe for the Author, 1681.
⁂ The description of the muscles is based on William Molins' 'Myskotomia', and the plates on Guilio Casserio's 'Tabula anatomicae'.
Description
Browne (John) A Compleat Treatise of the Muscles..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 37 plates, with 12 extra leaves of explanatory letterpress, 3pp. list of subscribers, without Q1 leaf as usual, portrait with small repair to fore-margin, 2S2 paper-flaw affecting few letters, small rust-hole within plates 5 & 19, final f. tear within catchword repaired, few other short marginal tears, the occasional stain or light soiling, some light spotting or browning, modern antique-style panelled calf, spine faded, faint staining, [Wing B5126], folio, Tho. Newcombe for the Author, 1681.
⁂ The description of the muscles is based on William Molins' 'Myskotomia', and the plates on Guilio Casserio's 'Tabula anatomicae'.
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