| Item Description: | Michael Laird, bookseller, description: Wood-engraving published in "Globus Illustrirte Zeitschrift fur Lander- und Volkerkunde" (vol. XXXII, No. 3, p. 37). Braunschweig, 1877. Folio (15.5 x 23.5 cm / 6 x 9"). Preserved in mylar sleeve with lignin-free board. Very good. This macabre wood-engraving depicts the collection of medical leeches by horses and men alike. The event transpired at the Lake Copias (a.k.a. Kopais) a lake in the center of Boeotia, Greece. It was drained in the 19th-century and is now no longer extant. |
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