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Auction archive: Lot number 179

Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., first edition, 358 wood-engraved plates, 1851; and 7 others, Morris, 8vo (13)

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$395 - US$526
Price realised:
£400
ca. US$526
Auction archive: Lot number 179

Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., first edition, 358 wood-engraved plates, 1851; and 7 others, Morris, 8vo (13)

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$395 - US$526
Price realised:
£400
ca. US$526
Beschreibung:

Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., first edition, 358 wood-engraved plates, some soiling, contents separating a little, vol.III 1f. torn with loss to text, contemporary half calf, worn along edges, scuffing, spines faded, [Nissen IVB 645],1851-7; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vol., second edition, 232 lithographed plates, tissue guards, publisher's catalogues, hinges splitting, contents separating, a few ff. loose, [Nissen IVB 646], 1875; A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol., first edition, 132 lithographed plates, [Nissen ZBI 2893], 1872, plates each with hand-colouring, first and second foxing, most to endpapers,first some to plates, first later half calf, second original cloth gilt, third later half morocco, third attractively and with g.e., a little worn and bumped, second with superficial splits to joints, 8vo (13) Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplate)

Auction archive: Lot number 179
Auction:
Datum:
4 Apr 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., first edition, 358 wood-engraved plates, some soiling, contents separating a little, vol.III 1f. torn with loss to text, contemporary half calf, worn along edges, scuffing, spines faded, [Nissen IVB 645],1851-7; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vol., second edition, 232 lithographed plates, tissue guards, publisher's catalogues, hinges splitting, contents separating, a few ff. loose, [Nissen IVB 646], 1875; A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol., first edition, 132 lithographed plates, [Nissen ZBI 2893], 1872, plates each with hand-colouring, first and second foxing, most to endpapers,first some to plates, first later half calf, second original cloth gilt, third later half morocco, third attractively and with g.e., a little worn and bumped, second with superficial splits to joints, 8vo (13) Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplate)

Auction archive: Lot number 179
Auction:
Datum:
4 Apr 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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