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Auction archive: Lot number 109

GOULD, JOHN and RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, with Supplement. London: Published by the Author [1849-] 1861, Supplement: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880-] 1887.

Auction 29.10.1992
29 Oct 1992
Estimate
US$70,000 - US$100,000
Price realised:
US$99,000
Auction archive: Lot number 109

GOULD, JOHN and RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, with Supplement. London: Published by the Author [1849-] 1861, Supplement: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880-] 1887.

Auction 29.10.1992
29 Oct 1992
Estimate
US$70,000 - US$100,000
Price realised:
US$99,000
Beschreibung:

GOULD, JOHN and RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, with Supplement. London: Published by the Author [1849-] 1861, Supplement: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880-] 1887. 6 vols., 553 x 374mm. (21 3/4 x 14 3/4in.), very minor scratches or abrasions to four covers and the spine of vol. 3, slight wear to lower board edges, moderate foxing to 70 plates, some occasional minor foxing elsewhere, the Supplement very clean. 418 hand-colored lithographed plates, many highlighted in gold leaf overpainted with transparent oil and varnish colors, by Gould, H. C. Richter and W. Hart most printed by Hullmandel & Walton. GOULD'S "MASTERPIECE... AN INCOMPARABLE CATALOGUE AND COMPENDIUM OF (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 109
Auction:
Datum:
29 Oct 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

GOULD, JOHN and RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, with Supplement. London: Published by the Author [1849-] 1861, Supplement: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1880-] 1887. 6 vols., 553 x 374mm. (21 3/4 x 14 3/4in.), very minor scratches or abrasions to four covers and the spine of vol. 3, slight wear to lower board edges, moderate foxing to 70 plates, some occasional minor foxing elsewhere, the Supplement very clean. 418 hand-colored lithographed plates, many highlighted in gold leaf overpainted with transparent oil and varnish colors, by Gould, H. C. Richter and W. Hart most printed by Hullmandel & Walton. GOULD'S "MASTERPIECE... AN INCOMPARABLE CATALOGUE AND COMPENDIUM OF (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 109
Auction:
Datum:
29 Oct 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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