Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 291

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(BIRDS.) Wilson, Alexander. American Ornithology. Volumes 7-9 (of 9), with 22 (of 76) hand-colored engraved plates, bound in one volume. Large 4to, 345x266 mm, 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt, some wear to extremities; moderate to severe browning or foxing on most plates in Volume 7, the remainder with only very faint offsetting from facing text pages. first edition. Nissen IVB 992. Philadelphia, 1813-14