Audubon, John James and John Bachman

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Sold

3,125 GBP

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Description

The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: George R. Lockwood (late Roe Lockwood & Son), [1849]
Paper

3 volumes, 4to (270 x 182mm.), half-titles, 155 chromolithographed plates after J.J. and J.W. Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly, printed and finished by hand by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia, contemporary green morocco over marbled boards, minor browning and staining, bindings rubbed

Provenance

Société Royale de Zoologie d'Anvers, 25th anniversary bookplates, 1868, blindstamps and numbers from Zoo Antwerpen Bibliotheek on titles

Literature

Nissen ZBI 163