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    Sale 7935

    The Scientific and Antiquarian Library of Dr. Samuel Koslov

    New York, East

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    12 - 13 November 1996

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    Lot 473

    PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. Omnia Quae Extant Opera, praeter Geographiam... [E.O. Schrekhenfuchs editor.]. Basel: [Henrichi Petri, 1541]. Many woodcut diagrams in text. Folio, contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink; front hinge cracked, title reinforced along gutter margin, some light worming, staining and browning throughout. Collation: ++6 a-d6 e-f4 A6 B2 C6 D4 E-G6 H8 I-Z6 Aa2 Bb4 Cc-Ff6 Gg2 Hh-Pp6 Qq4 Rr6. Brunet IV:947. See Adams P2208 (with slightly different title and gathering *6 in preliminaries).

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    USD 862

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    USD 500 - USD 700

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    PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. Omnia Quae Extant Opera, praeter Geographiam... [E.O. Schrekhenfuchs editor.]. Basel: [Henrichi Petri, 1541]. Many woodcut diagrams in text. Folio, contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink; front hinge cracked, title reinforced along gutter margin, some light worming, staining and browning throughout. Collation: ++6 a-d6 e-f4 A6 B2 C6 D4 E-G6 H8 I-Z6 Aa2 Bb4 Cc-Ff6 Gg2 Hh-Pp6 Qq4 Rr6. Brunet IV:947. See Adams P2208 (with slightly different title and gathering *6 in preliminaries).

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