Jun 17, 2010 - Sale 2217

Sale 2217 - Lot 250

Price Realized: $ 4,182
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
(NATURAL HISTORY.) Edwards, George. A Natural History of Birds * Gleanings of Natural History. Together, 5 (of 7) volumes. 4to, uniform early 1/2 calf, quite worn; moderately foxed and with scattered dampstaining throughout, several title pages defective and with loss, several dozen plates with repaired margins, several plates entirely torn and repaired on verso, other scattered faults. must be seen. London, vd
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Plate counts as follows: Gleanings of Natural History. [Volume 1]. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 50 hand-colored plates. 1758 A Natural History of Birds. With additional title "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds." Hand-colored allegorical frontispiece, 50 hand-colored plates. 1743 Gleanings of Natural History. Part II. 50 hand-colored engraved plates. 1760 A Natural History of Birds. Part III. 53 hand-colored plates. 1750 A Natural History of Birds. Part IV. 53 hand-colored plates. 1751.