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Auction 100, Lot 485

"[Lot of 44 Engravings]", Lizars, William Home

Subject: Birds

Period: 1843 (published)

Publication: The Naturalist's Library

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 6 inches
10.2 x 15.2 cm
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Collection of plates from the Ornithological series including Birds of Western Africa, Gallinaceous Birds, British Birds, and Pigeons. Most of the plates are very nice, not a picked over set of engravings. Complete with title pages and engraved frontis for each volume. A collection of 44 hand colored plates.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $55

Closed on 9/12/2002

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