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Auction archive: Lot number 66

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon, Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844. Another copy, 7 vols., royal 8vo, 264 x 172mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.), nin...

Auction 09.12.1993
9 Dec 1993
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$22,000
Price realised:
US$24,150
Auction archive: Lot number 66

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon, Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844. Another copy, 7 vols., royal 8vo, 264 x 172mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.), nin...

Auction 09.12.1993
9 Dec 1993
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$22,000
Price realised:
US$24,150
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon, Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844. Another copy, 7 vols., royal 8vo, 264 x 172mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.), nineteenth-century pebble-grain morocco gilt, g.e., worn, vols. 1, 6 and 7 broken, joints of other vols. weak, traces of rodent damage to edges, repaired 3-inch tear to pp. 11-12 in vol. 5, text foxed, occasional foxing or spotting to plates, most plates slightly darkened, slight marginal dampstaining in vol. 4, some marginal soiling, text offset to many plates . Provenance : P. J. Phillips ink-stamps on title-pages. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 66
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon, Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier [1839-] 1840-1844. Another copy, 7 vols., royal 8vo, 264 x 172mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.), nineteenth-century pebble-grain morocco gilt, g.e., worn, vols. 1, 6 and 7 broken, joints of other vols. weak, traces of rodent damage to edges, repaired 3-inch tear to pp. 11-12 in vol. 5, text foxed, occasional foxing or spotting to plates, most plates slightly darkened, slight marginal dampstaining in vol. 4, some marginal soiling, text offset to many plates . Provenance : P. J. Phillips ink-stamps on title-pages. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 66
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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