Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Jun 23, 2017
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LOT 15:
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Estimated price:
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400 - $600
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25%
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Isaac Hays. Descriptions of the Inferior Maxillary Bones of Mastodons, in the Cabinet of the American Philosophical Society, with Remarks on the Genus Tetracaulodon, &c. [Extracted from the transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. IV. N.S.]
First Edition in book form. Ten plates. pp. 23, (1). Original printed wrappers, backstrip lacking. Lg. 4to.
James Kay, Philadelphia: 1833.
Nephew of educator and philanthropist Rebecca Gratz, Isaac Hays (1796-1879) was a renown ophthalmologist and medical ethicist.
