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Manget, Jean-Jacques
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Manget, Jean-Jacques
- Bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium thesaurus instructissimus. Geneva: Chouet, G. de Tournes, Cramer, Percachon, Ritter and S. de Tournes, 1702
- Paper
2 volumes, folio (354 x 214mm.), engraved frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, engraved and woodcut illustrations, 30 engraved plates, with an advertisement leaf at the start of volume 2, contemporary vellum, portrait frayed in gutter and slightly soiled, small tear in Xx1 in volume 2, Ccc3-4 bound upside down, last two leaves becoming detached, some browning and staining, bindings slightly rubbed with a few small defects
Literature
Caillet 7071; Duveen p.387; Ferguson ii, 68; Mellon 147
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
"The most complete collection of alchemical texts ever published, containing 140 treatises... For the historian of chemistry this is a most important and indispensible work" (Duveen).