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Lot 354

THE WORKS OF JOHN HUNTER, F.R.S
JAMES F. PALMER, 1835

Vols I-IV (8vo) and accompanying volume of plates (4to), first edition., London, Longman, Rees, Orme [et al], 1835 (text vols) and 1837 (plates).
Contemporary binding, the text volumes in full leather, the plate volume in half-leather with marbled boards, the gilt-tooled spines uniform; the plate volume apparently complete with the 61 plates referred to (some of the folding plates worn and repaired). Vol. I with an anonymous contemporary inscription to its front free endpaper recording that these volumes were presented to Harry Frederick Barnett by Joseph Hodgson, the eminent physician, as a prize in 1846; the foot of each spine is also lettered 'Hodgson Prize'.

Estimate $800 - $1,200

Sold for $750
The Frank & Jill Jones Collection

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8278
5:00pm - 10 December 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
7 Torresdale Court, Toorak VIC 3142
STRICTLY BY REGISTRATION ONLY
7-9 December, 10am-4pm

Please note that the auction will be held at Leonard Joel Melbourne and the doors will be open from 4.30pm

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au


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