Name: Auction: Gould, John Assorted birds: 10 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 529 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, light toning, a few with sewing-holes along one edge, a few light spots and marks. Comprising: 1) Tetrao tetrix (black grouse); 2) Palumbus torquatus (wood pigeon); 3) Columba livia (rock dove), short closed tear in right-hand margin; 4) Certhia famillaris (treecreeper); 5) Cypsellus apus (swift); 6) Corvus monedula (jackdaw); 7) Turnix africanus (Andalusian turnix), closed tears in left-hand margin; 8) Otis tetrax (little bustard), finger-soiling to lower left-hand corner; 9) Rallus aquaticus (water rail), jagged bottom edge where disbound, slightly spotted; 10) Crex pratensis (corn crake), jagged bottom edge where disbound, a few spots

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

Gould, John

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

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