Subasta 487/round/2 BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
22.9.20 (Su hora local)
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Auction 487

22 September 2020

II session - 3.30 pm, from lot 135 to lot 270

Venue: Via Pontaccio 12, Milano

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LOTE 169:

JACOB, Nicolas Henri (1782-1871) - Pietro HUGUES - Storia naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki. Milan: P. Hugues, 1817. ...

Vendido por: €1 000
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1 000
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€1 000 - €1 500
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JACOB, Nicolas Henri (1782-1871) - Pietro HUGUES - Storia naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki. Milan: P. Hugues, 1817. A good wide-margined copy of this important work on monkeys and makis. With 89 plates by Nicolas Henry Jacobs which is probably the largest and most in depth treatise on the subject of the 19th-century. Folio (432 x 314mm). Title engraved in sepia within architecture border, numerous engraved plates by Nicolas Henri Jacobs: 4 in the preliminaries, 70 illustrating monkeys and makis of the old and new world divided in 5 classes, 15 showing makis, engraved text within architectural borders (some spotting, a repaired marginal tear). Contemporary half morocco, spine decorated in gilt, marbled paper plates (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Duca di Cardinale (stamp on title).