Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 375

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(NATURAL HISTORY.) Swainson, William. Zoological Illustrations . . . of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, selected chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology. [First Series.]. 182 hand-colored lithographed plates. 3 volumes * [Second Series.] 136 hand-colored lithographed plates. 3 volumes. Together, 6 volumes. Large 8vo, 237x148 mm, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine ends, raised bands, and joints worn, few covers starting; occasional foxing of text, around a dozen plates foxed, the rest clean. first edition. Nissen IVB 911. London, 1820-23; 1829-33