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an old book with a picture of a man on it
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Estimate €500 - €750
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Medicine Fuchs, Samuel Metoposcopia & ophthalmoscopia. With 24 copperplate and 2 woodcut portraits. Strasbourg, Theodosius Glaser for Paul Ledertz, 1615. 8 leaves, 140 pages. Small 8°. (Modern) half-leather binding with title on spine. First edition of one of the earliest works on the semiology of the eye. - VD17 23:294709Q. - Wellcome I, 2468. - Caillet 4248: ‘Livre recherché et rare’. - Graesse, Bibl. mag.-pneum. 104. - Rosenthal 953. - In this curious and little-known work, the author proposes a system for assessing character based on the shape of the head and eyes ... Among the finely executed engravings and woodcuts are portraits of Cosimo Medici, Andrea Doria, Christopher Columbus, and Philip II, Duke of Pomerania” (Becker Coll. 95). - Browned, with numerous annotations in an old hand, folio 2 stamped. Medicine. – Ophthalmology. – First edition of one of the earliest works on the semiology of the eye. Modern half-calf binding with title on the spine. – Browned, with numerous annotations in an old hand; sheet 2 stamped. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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