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OWEN (RICHARD)
Memoir on the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage), FIRST EDITION, Taylor and Francis, 1865

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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OWEN (RICHARD)

Memoir on the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage), FIRST EDITION, 13 lithographed plates after J. Wolf, G.H. Ford and F. Robinson (2 finely hand-coloured, one other folding with 2 short tears repaired), publisher's green cloth, rebacked preserving spine lettered in gilt, light soiling [Nissen ZBI 3037], folio (311 x 244mm.), Taylor and Francis, 1865

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