Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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SEBA, Albertus (1665?1736). [Seven?Headed Hydra?]. Amsterdam: J. Wetsen, William Smith, and Jansson?Waesberg, 1734?1765. Folio (533 x 686 mm). Engraving from Seba?s first edition of Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurate description, et iconibus artificiosissimis expression, per universam physics historiam. (Two tears to outer margins not affecting the image). The work was considered the finest and most complete record of any 18th century cabinet of natural history curiosities. A STRIKING IMPRESSION.