Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712) The Anatomy of Plants. London: Rawlins, 1682.
First edition, folio, illustrated with eighty-three full-page engravings (some folding),water stains at head affecting leaves at the beginning and end; contemporary dark brown calf boards, rebacked with a rust-colored leather, old leather sides peeling up.
Estimate $800-1,000