Christie’s. The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine. 3 vols. 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. 18 March 1998.
New York: Christie’s, 1998.
£100
4to; Three volumes: (1) 263 pp.; (2). 475 pp.: (3) 411 pp. Internally clean and unmarked. Richly illustrated with colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Hardcover, with glossy, pictorial boards. Minor dusting to covers. An excellent set, in fine condition.
Three volume auction catalogue of the sale of 1,384 items from the collection of H. F. Norman (1915-1996). One of the most important sales of rare scientific works.