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Auction archive: Lot number 32

AUDUBON, John James and Rev John BACHMAN (1790-1874) The Qua...

Books & Manuscripts
15 Nov 2011
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,750
Auction archive: Lot number 32

AUDUBON, John James and Rev John BACHMAN (1790-1874) The Qua...

Books & Manuscripts
15 Nov 2011
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,750
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, John James and Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856.
AUDUBON, John James and Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856. 3 volumes, 8 o (264 x 178 mm). Half-titles. 155 hand-colored lithographed plates (some browning and spotting throughout). Original blind-stamped morocco, edges gilt (some rubbing, upper cover of volume 2 with stain, hinges starting). Provenance: Mrs. Matthew L. Akers (bookplate of the J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, recording the gift of Mrs. Akers, 1941); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title). Third octavo edition of Audubon's important work. Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 32
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2011, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, John James and Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856.
AUDUBON, John James and Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Quadrupeds of North America . New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856. 3 volumes, 8 o (264 x 178 mm). Half-titles. 155 hand-colored lithographed plates (some browning and spotting throughout). Original blind-stamped morocco, edges gilt (some rubbing, upper cover of volume 2 with stain, hinges starting). Provenance: Mrs. Matthew L. Akers (bookplate of the J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, recording the gift of Mrs. Akers, 1941); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title). Third octavo edition of Audubon's important work. Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 32
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
15 November 2011, New York, Rockefeller Center
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