30 fossil specimens

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26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Los 282 | 30 fossil specimens
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$ 1 200 – 1 800
30 fossil specimensThe oldest records from the Thomas Phillipps collectionSIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS – small box containing 30 geological and paleontological specimens. The oldest records from the Thomas Phillipps collection. These 30 small fossils are each nestled in wool within a marbled paper box. They were purchased privately by Alan Thomas after the Phillipps sales, which, according to Anthony Hobson, he felt was "an appropriate coda to his participation in the 13 years of sales." They are accompanied by a c. early 19th-century manuscript inventory in French. See Fine books and book collecting: Books and manuscripts acquired from Alan G. Thomas and described by his customers on the occasion of his seventieth birthday (1981). 30 small fossils in a box with compartments (218 x 173 x 32mm). Custom chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872; English antiquary and bibliomaniac; sold to:) – Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992; English collector and bookseller; his sale, 22 June, 1993, lot 422).
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