May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 269

Unsold
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, 1731-34]

Additional Details

Cancellus maximus Bahamensis: The Sea Hermit Crab. Plate T34. Remora: The Sucking-Fish. Plate T26. (Small, early ink graffiti in margin.) Red-Billed Tropic Bird and Storm Petrel. Plate 14. Umbla minor, marina maxillus longioribus: Barracuda. Plate T1. Momyrus ex cinero nigricans: The Bone-Fish. Plate 13. Cancellus Terrestris Bahamensis: The Hermit Crab. Plate T33.