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Sat, Jul 8, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Jul 9, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 25

[Invention] Woodcroft, Bennet. Inventions of the Ancients.

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[Invention] Woodcroft, Bennet. Inventions of the Ancients. The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria from the Original Greek. Bennet of Woodcroft, trans. London: Printed by Charles Whittingham, 1851. Engraved title page. In-text engravings throughout. Quarter calf over matching cloth. Gilt-lettered black leather spine label. 4to. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. Book plate to front pastedown. Some minor intermittent foxing.

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