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Mizauld, Antoine.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Secretorum agri enchiridion primum, hortorum curam, auxilia, secreta, & medica praesidia inventu prompta, ac paratu facilia, libris tribus pulcherrimis complectens. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1560
Ibid. De hortensium arborum insitione opusculum... Eiusdem dendranatome, hoc est partium corporis arborei explicatio brevis. Ibid., 1560
Ibid. Artificiosa methodus comparandorum hortensium fructuum, olerum, radicum, vuarum, virnorum, carnium, & iusculorum, quae corpus clementer purgent, & variis morbis, absque ulla noxa & nausea, blande succurrant. Ibid., 1575
3 works in one volume, 8vo (162 x 100mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-pages, seventeenth-century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, joints and spine cracked, head of spine chipped
Ibid. Artificiosa methodus comparandorum hortensium fructuum, olerum, radicum, vuarum, virnorum, carnium, & iusculorum, quae corpus clementer purgent, & variis morbis, absque ulla noxa & nausea, blande succurrant. Ibid., 1575
3 works in one volume, 8vo (162 x 100mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-pages, seventeenth-century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, joints and spine cracked, head of spine chipped
Provenance
Seminary library of St Sulpitius, bookplate
Literature
1st work: Durling 3195; Wellcome 4354; 2nd work: Wellcome 4353; 3rd work: Durling 3191; Simon BB 460; Vicaire col.460
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
first editions of Mizauld's horticultural treatises. The third work contains a description of medicinal and aromatic wines.