Order Nr. 54054 THE HASKELL F. NORMAN LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, PART I: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE/...PART II: THE AGE OF REASON/...PART III: THE MODERN AGE.
THE HASKELL F. NORMAN LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, PART I: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE/...PART II: THE AGE OF REASON/...PART III: THE MODERN AGE.

THE HASKELL F. NORMAN LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, PART I: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE/...PART II: THE AGE OF REASON/...PART III: THE MODERN AGE.

(Norman, Haskell F.).

3 volumes.

  • New York: Christie's, 1998.
  • small 4to.
  • paper-covered boards.
  • 263,(3); 475,(3); 411,(3) pages.

Price: $40.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 54054

Three-volume catalogue for the sale of 1,384 items from the collection of H.F. Norman (1915-1996). Prices realized loosely inserted for PART III. Light soiling, else a near fine set.

Among items offered were an Aldine printing of the works of Aristotle, a first-edition Vesalius with Vesalius' own annotations, a copy of M. Curie's doctoral dissertation with a presentation to Ernest Rutherford, a 1475 medical text, the first entomology book, etc. etc. With many illustrations (the majority in black-and-white, but more than a few in color) of bindings, title/text pages, and book illustrations. Entries generally include provenances and other background information, and references. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.