Sales catalogue: Stevens

Date:
19 August 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/21/437
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Two oblong ditto, in Sanskrit - Two others, 18th Century Small ditto, native binding, and a Turkish MS. Curious early MS., in a roll, contained in a native silk cover Two others, on rollers, Japanese Early printed folio Oriental book with a fine portrait Two other early printed Oriental books Six other Oriental books Old Oriental MS., ‘“‘ The Manners of the Upright,” curious and amusing tales History of Persia, with a plate, 1799, The Rose Garden of Persia, and 4 others “ Planispheric Astrolare,’ constructed for Shah Sultan Rusain Safawl, with 21 fine descriptive plates, a very scarce book TA Exceedingly rare comic album of pathology, with 20 coloured . caricatures by well-known French artists Old book, by Dr. I. G. Walter, giving hts observations relating 1. to curiosities of birth and other anatomical montrosities, with numerous tllusivations Very old herbalist, 1696, with numerous engravings by Dr. A. Munting, rare and scarce work 588 Another ditto, relating to foreign plants and herbs with . medicinal properties, numerous illustrations by. Drs. Someren and Van Dyck, rare 589 Rare old work on embalming, by Jacob Bonti, 1718, with | many illustrations and recipes 590 Old book relating to child-birth and to women during that period, by Dr. F. Mauriceau, 1675, with many curious illustrations 591 An old French work relating to the miracles performed i ’ by Francois de Paris, 1739, rare b 592 Old book of ancient recipes and other means of curing all kinds of maladies, by Iohannes van Beverwycks, ie 1664, illustrated 7. | 593 _—- Six vols., with coloured illustrations of the people of the ee. earth, with description of their habits, dresses, orna- ments, etc,