16 Apr 2012
10:00 EDT
New York
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
WILSON, ALEXANDER. 1766-1813.
American Ornithology. London: Whittaker, 1832.
3 volumes. 8vo (215 x 130 mm). cviii, 408; viii, 390; viii, 524 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 97 hand-colored engraved plates. Period green calf gilt by Hayday and Mansell, a.e.g. Frontispiece on india paper, trimmed and laid down, one cover detached, lightly rubbed.
Nissen VBI 996; Sabin 104598; Zimmer p 685.
3 volumes. 8vo (215 x 130 mm). cviii, 408; viii, 390; viii, 524 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 97 hand-colored engraved plates. Period green calf gilt by Hayday and Mansell, a.e.g. Frontispiece on india paper, trimmed and laid down, one cover detached, lightly rubbed.
Nissen VBI 996; Sabin 104598; Zimmer p 685.
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 2,000
£660 - 1,300
€780 - 1,600
£660 - 1,300
€780 - 1,600
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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