May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 268

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CATESBY, MARK. Six hand-colored engraved plates, extracted from the first edition of Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, [etc.], on full folio sheet of laid paper, various appropriate watermarks. [London: for the Author, 1731-43]

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Turtur Minimus Guttatus: The Ground-Dove. Plate T26. (Small, early ink graffiti in margin.) Turdus Ruffus: The Coloured Thrush. Plate T28. Vipera Fusca: The Brown Viper. Plate 45. Ranaterrestris: The Land Frog. Plate T69. Anguis Niger: The Black Snake. Plate 48. Scuriurus Niger: The Black Squirrel. Plate T73.