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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  10 Dec 2014 ~ 12noon (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  139
• Lot Description:
  Lizars, John - A system of anatomical plates of the human body
  Edinburgh : W H Lizars ; London : George Phillip and Son, 1857, folio. various pagination, col. illus. Quarter bound in black morocco and dark green cloth. Raised bands and gilt title to spine.
• Notes:
  Mild wear to boards, bumps to corners and spine. Foxing to tissue guards and contents. A later issue of this outstanding anatomical atlas. The work was originally issued in 12 parts from 1822 to 1826 with a separate text in octavo format. In this later issue the text was reset in folio and combined with the plates in a much more convenient single volume. Lizar's plates were engraved by the author's brother, W H Lizars, one of the leading engravers of Edinburgh, well-known for engraving the earliest plates of Audubons' 'The Birds of America'. An appealing work. G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,000 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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