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Auction archive: Lot number 15

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA . NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54.

Auction 14.12.2000
14 Dec 2000
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,812
Auction archive: Lot number 15

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA . NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54.

Auction 14.12.2000
14 Dec 2000
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$8,812
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA . NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54. 3 VOLUMES, IMPERIAL 8 O (260 X 174 MM). HALF-TITLE IN VOLUME I AND INDEXES IN ALL 3 VOLUMES. (SOME SCATTERED SPOTTING.) 154 (OF 155) TINTED AND HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER J.J. AUDUBON AND J.W. AUDUBON BY W.E. HITCHCOCK AND R. TREMBLY, PRINTED BY J.T. BOWEN OF PHILADELPHIA AND NAGEL & WEINGAERTNER OF NEW YORK. (LACKS PLATE LXXXVII ("AMERICAN RED FOX"), SOME TISSUE GUARDS FOXED, PLATE LXXX LOOSE, OCCASIONAL PALE MARGINAL SPOTTING.) CONTEMPORARY BLACK HALF MOROCCO, MARBLED BOARDS, PINK ENDPAPERS, WITH BINDER'S LABEL OF W.H. WELCH & SON, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (FRONT HINGES OF VOLUMES I AND II CRACKED, SLIGHT WEAR AT EXTREMITIES). SECOND "OCTAVO" EDITION. BENNETT 5; NISSEN ZBI 163. A FINELY COLORED SET. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA . NEW YORK: V.G. AUDUBON, 1852-51-54. 3 VOLUMES, IMPERIAL 8 O (260 X 174 MM). HALF-TITLE IN VOLUME I AND INDEXES IN ALL 3 VOLUMES. (SOME SCATTERED SPOTTING.) 154 (OF 155) TINTED AND HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER J.J. AUDUBON AND J.W. AUDUBON BY W.E. HITCHCOCK AND R. TREMBLY, PRINTED BY J.T. BOWEN OF PHILADELPHIA AND NAGEL & WEINGAERTNER OF NEW YORK. (LACKS PLATE LXXXVII ("AMERICAN RED FOX"), SOME TISSUE GUARDS FOXED, PLATE LXXX LOOSE, OCCASIONAL PALE MARGINAL SPOTTING.) CONTEMPORARY BLACK HALF MOROCCO, MARBLED BOARDS, PINK ENDPAPERS, WITH BINDER'S LABEL OF W.H. WELCH & SON, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (FRONT HINGES OF VOLUMES I AND II CRACKED, SLIGHT WEAR AT EXTREMITIES). SECOND "OCTAVO" EDITION. BENNETT 5; NISSEN ZBI 163. A FINELY COLORED SET. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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