Name: Auction: Gould, John Terns: 10 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 327 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Our September 2023 auction of&nbsp;Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs&nbsp;features an array of important autograph letters by figures including Charles Babbage, Oliver Cromwell and Leibniz, a copy of Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio and a newly discovered first edition of&nbsp;The Hobbit.It also includes a single-owner collection of books on gunnery and field sports, an extensive collection of original prints from John Gould’s&nbsp;Birds of Great Britain, and a book from the library of Adam Smith.

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hand-coloured, heightened in gum arabic, approx. dimensions 55 x 37cm, many with sewing-holes along one edge, variable toning, a few spots and marks, most with ink-stamp of Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library to versos. Comprising: 1) Hydrochelidon leucopareia (whiskered tern); 2) Gelochelidon anglica (gull-billed tern); 3 &amp; 4) Sterna hirundo (common tern), 2 copies; 5) Hydrochelidon leucoptera (white-winged tern); 6) Sterna macrura (Arctic tern); 7) Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern); 8 &amp; 9) Actochelidon cantiaca (Sandwich tern), 2 copies; 10) Sternula minuta (little tern)

Gould, John

Terns: 10 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73

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