Lot 327

Brown, Capt. Thomas
Illustrations of the Game Birds of North America




Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£1,875
Description
chiefly the size of Nature. Edinburgh: Frazer & Co., Wm. Curry Junr. Dublin, John Smith & Son Glasgow, Smith Elder & Co., London, 1834. Large folio, 54 x 40.5cm., engraved title, 13 (of 16) hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth, [Nissen IVB, no. 153], title and plates with margins strengthened or repaired with tape, some marginal tears several extending into image, dust-soiling, binding rebacked, soiled & worn; Darton, William, publisher. Twelve Plates of Birds. Folio, original wrappers, 12 engraved plates, lacks title, spotted, wrappers somewhat worn, contained loosely in unrelated cloth folder (2)



