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Auction archive: Lot number 197

LYDEKKER, R. Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History).

Estimate
US$40 - US$60
Price realised:
US$100
Auction archive: Lot number 197

LYDEKKER, R. Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History).

Estimate
US$40 - US$60
Price realised:
US$100
Beschreibung:

LYDEKKER, R. Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1913. First edition. Brown cloth gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; xvi, 45 pp.; frontispiece portrait, in-text illustrations. Extremities a bit worn, bookplates to front pastedown, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown. With bookplate that states "Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum" and another from "Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet." "Noted naturalist Lydekker describes the trophies and their measurements given by noted sportsman Allan Hume to the British Museum. Among the specimens are Ovis poli, markhor, ibex, and the like" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 130. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Auction archive: Lot number 197
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

LYDEKKER, R. Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1913. First edition. Brown cloth gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; xvi, 45 pp.; frontispiece portrait, in-text illustrations. Extremities a bit worn, bookplates to front pastedown, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown. With bookplate that states "Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum" and another from "Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet." "Noted naturalist Lydekker describes the trophies and their measurements given by noted sportsman Allan Hume to the British Museum. Among the specimens are Ovis poli, markhor, ibex, and the like" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 130. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Auction archive: Lot number 197
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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