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Lot 188

SWAINSON (WILLIAM)
A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico, Henry G. Bohn, 1841

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SWAINSON (WILLIAM)

A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico, 66 hand-coloured lithographed plates (of 78, 4 window-mounted), title rebacked, modern red half morocco, t.e.g. [Borba de Moraes 844; Fine Bird Books, p.110; Nissen IVB 912], 8vo, Henry G. Bohn, 1841

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"A rare book, much appreciated for the beauty of its plates" (Borba de Moraes) and one of the scarcest books on South American ornithology.

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