(BIRDS) Bonaparte Charles Lucien American Ornithology Vols

Sale 2183 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 1,020

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

(BIRDS.) Bonaparte, Charles-Lucien. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson. Volumes 1-3 (of 4). 21 (of 27) hand-colored engraved plates Folio, 367x280 mm, later 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt by N. G. Hawley of Rochester, N.Y., with his tickets, varying wear to spine ends, raised bands, and cover edges and corners; some heavy browning of text, plates in first volume clean, the remainder somewhat toned and offset. Philadelphia, 1825-28

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition. Nissen IVB 116.