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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Baird's North American Birds, with fine color plates
Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON, THOMAS MAYO BREWER, and ROBERT RIDGWAY
A History of North American Birds. Land Birds. [The Water Birds of North America]. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1875-84. Five volumes, fine three-quarters maroon morocco, spine gilt. 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (22 x 28 cm). Land Birds (1875): Vol. I: 17 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 26 colored litho plates, and text figs.; xxviii, 596 pp., vi pp.; Vol. II: 13 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 30 colored litho plates, and text figs.; 590 pp., vi pp. Vol. III: 6 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 8 colored litho plates, and text figs.; 560 pp., xxviii pp. The Water Birds of North America (1884): Vol. I: 134 hand-colored text figs. and uncolored text figs.; xi, 537pp. Vol. II: 201 hand-colored text figs and uncolored text figs.; 552 pp. The bindings fine, the Land Birds with the stamps on plate versos of the Cambridge Public Library, a couple of plates with marginal tears.
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Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON, THOMAS MAYO BREWER, and ROBERT RIDGWAY
A History of North American Birds. Land Birds. [The Water Birds of North America]. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1875-84. Five volumes, fine three-quarters maroon morocco, spine gilt. 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (22 x 28 cm). Land Birds (1875): Vol. I: 17 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 26 colored litho plates, and text figs.; xxviii, 596 pp., vi pp.; Vol. II: 13 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 30 colored litho plates, and text figs.; 590 pp., vi pp. Vol. III: 6 hand-colored litho plates by R. Ridgway, 8 colored litho plates, and text figs.; 560 pp., xxviii pp. The Water Birds of North America (1884): Vol. I: 134 hand-colored text figs. and uncolored text figs.; xi, 537pp. Vol. II: 201 hand-colored text figs and uncolored text figs.; 552 pp. The bindings fine, the Land Birds with the stamps on plate versos of the Cambridge Public Library, a couple of plates with marginal tears.
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Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Sep 12, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on September 12, 2024
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