Name: Auction: Gould, John Waterfowl: 8 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73, and The Birds of Europe, 1832-7
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 327 GBP
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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 37 x 55cm, variable toning, most with sewing-holes along one edge. From The Birds of Great Britain: 1 &amp; 2) Oidemia perspicilata (surf scoter), 2 copies; 3) Porzana maruetta (spotted crake), a few spots; 4) Colymbus arcticus (black-throated diver), ink-stamp of Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library verso; 5) Colymbus sepetrionalis (red-throated diver), ink-stamp verso; 6) Colymbus glacialis (great northern diver), ink-stamp verso. From The Birds of Europe: 7) Black-throated diver; 8) Horned grebe

Waterfowl: 8 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73, and The Birds of Europe, 1832-7

Gould, John

Waterfowl: 8 original lithographs from The Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73, and The Birds of Europe, 1832-7

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