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LOT #46
Alexander Wilson Ornithology Books
Alexander Wilson, “American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature”, Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, no date [1871], atlas folio plate volume, half leather over marbled paper, issued with (76) hand colored engravings and another copy, Harrison Hall, Philadelphia, 1855, atlas folio plate volume, half leather over brown fabric, issued with (76) hand colored engravings
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Hammer Price: $5,500
Dimensions: Height: 17 1/2 inches, Width: 14 1/2 inches, Depth: 1 5/8 inches (first book)
Condition: overall moderate to heavy wear to leather, some wear-through, edge wear to marbled boards, heavy foxing to end-papers, binding split and having loosened signatures, occasional light edge wear, toning and foxing to plates, occasional short tears, creases, bent or torn corners, lacking three text volumes, second copy having spine covering lost, covers detached, some wear-through to corners, edge wear to boards, disbound, binding split and having loosened signatures, occasional light edge wear, toning and foxing to plates, occasional short tears, creases, bent or torn corners, lacking three text volumes, overall moderate to heavy wear to leather, some wear-through, edge wear to marbled boards, heavy foxing to end-papers, binding split and having loosened signatures, occasional light edge wear, toning and foxing to plates, occasional short tears, creases, bent or torn corners, lacking three text volumes, second copy having spine covering lost, covers detached, some wear-through to corners, edge wear to boards, disbound, binding split and having loosened signatures, occasional light edge wear, toning and foxing to plates, occasional short tears, creases, bent or torn corners, lacking three text volumes
Disclaimers: not all individual pages / plates have been inspected, we cannot guarantee completeness
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