$108
A group of 4 books pertaining to agricultural chemistry. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. 4to., 3/4 leather-backed boards. Contains 17 plates, each measuring approximately 8 x 9 1/2 inches, and 1 folding plate, measuring 9 x 11 inches, with 1 fold. Library sticker to backstrip; bookplate of The John Crerar Library Chicago to the front pastedown. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; chip to head and foot of backstrip; light foxing throughout; foxing to plates. Hartford: Hudson and Co., 1819. 8vo., leather-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated backstrip. Second American Edition. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards; 1 x 3 1/2 inch portion of title page lacking; front board separated; foxing throughout; dampstaining to rear pastedown and rear free end paper. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. Third Edition. 8vo., 3/4 leather-backed marbled boards, marbled edges, gilt-decorated backstrip. Contains 10 folding plates of 17 figures, ranging in size from 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches, with 2 folds, to 8 x 9 inches, with 2 folds. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; foxing throughout. London: John Murray, 1827. 4to., cloth boards. Bookplate of The John Crerar Library, Chicago and The John Crerar Collection of Rare Books in the History of Science and Medicine to the front pastedown. Light wear to th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-03-16