8th Feb, 2024 11:00

The Oxford Library Sale

 
Lot 686
 

686

Sibley, Ebenezer, 1751-1799 Astrologer and Physician 'Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal, beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different plants, and a set of anatomical figures...' British Directory, London n/d c.1795, 2 vols with multiple coloured plates throughout and portrait frontispiece, Nicholas Culpeper, vol. 1 with appendix, full probably original calf (280 x 220mm) staining throughout, edges torn etc (2)

Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Sibley, Ebenezer, 1751-1799 Astrologer and Physician 'Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal, beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different plants, and a set of anatomical figures...' British Directory, London n/d c.1795, 2 vols with multiple coloured plates throughout and portrait frontispiece, Nicholas Culpeper, vol. 1 with appendix, full probably original calf (280 x 220mm) staining throughout, edges torn etc (2)

Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Auction: The Oxford Library Sale, 8th Feb, 2024

Day One 

Clocks, Furniture, Works of Art and Collectable - Lots 1 - 406 

Day Two

Fine Bindings and Incunables from the collection of the late John P. Love - Lots 501- 575 (Click here to read about J. P. Love)

Antiquarian and Modern Books from multiple vendors - Lots 576 - 598

Books from the Library of the late Malcom Deas - Lots 601 - 702 (Click here to read about M. Deas)

Antiquarian and Modern Books from multiple vendors - Lots 703 - 783

 

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