MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia... London: Robert Littlebury, 1687-86. 2 vols. in one, folio, 358 x 228 mm., contemporary vellum; frontispiece lightly dampstained, some scattered light foxing and browning, minor marginal dampstaining, some plate numbers shaved slightly, a few plates wrinkled. Engraved frontispiece and 123 engraved plates (7 on inserted sheets). Wing M-343 and M-344.

Lot 495

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MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia... London: Robert Littlebury, 1687-86. 2 vols. in one, folio, 358 x 228 mm., contemporary vellum; frontispiece lightly dampstained, some scattered light foxing and browning, minor marginal dampstaining, some plate numbers shaved slightly, a few plates wrinkled. Engraved frontispiece and 123 engraved plates (7 on inserted sheets). Wing M-343 and M-344.

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MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia... London: Robert Littlebury, 1687-86. 2 vols. in one, folio, 358 x 228 mm., contemporary vellum; frontispiece lightly dampstained, some scattered light foxing and browning, minor marginal dampstaining, some plate numbers shaved slightly, a few plates wrinkled. Engraved frontispiece and 123 engraved plates (7 on inserted sheets). Wing M-343 and M-344.

Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate -- Robert de Belder.

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