Dec 13, 2001 - Sale 1920

Sale 1920 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(BIRDS.) Jardine, William. The Naturalist's Library. Mixed group of 13 volumes from several editions of the set, containing a profusion of hand-colored engraved plates. 16mo, 3 volumes in original cloth, worn; 10 volumes in 1/2 morocco; most hinges reinforced, a few leaves loose.<\t>Edinburgh, 1830s-40s

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Volume numbers from the title page: 1 - Hummingbirds. 1834 2 - Pigeons. 1835 6 - Parrots. 1836. These remaining all published in 1843: 16 - Sun-Birds 17 - Flycatchers 20 - Gallinaceous Birds 21 - Game Birds 22 and 23 - Birds of Western Africa 24-27 - British Birds.<