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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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The Natural History of New York, including Birds
Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
De KAY, JAMES ELLSWORTH
Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1842. Three bound volumes of Part I, Zoology of New York. Publisher’s cloth binding; 25 x 30 cm. Vol. 1: Introduction by W. H. Seward; 2 uncolored lithographic plates by T. T. Schramke; 188 pp. Part I. Mammalia; 33 uncolored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; xiii, 146 pp. Vol. 2: Part III. Reptiles and Amphibia; vi, 98 pp. Part IV. Fishes; xiv, 415 pp. Vol. 3: Plates; 7 hand-colored and 95 uncolored plates by J. W. Hill; together with Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1842. Modern cloth binding; 24 x 29 cm. Introduction by W. H. Seward; 2 uncolored lithographic plates by T. T. Schramke; 188 pp. Part I. Mammalia; 29 hand-colored and 4 uncolored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; xiii, 146 pp.; Zoology of New York. Part II. Birds. Albany: State of New York, 1844. Modern cloth binding; 141 hand-colored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; 24 x 29 cm; xii, 380 pp.; and EMMONS, EBENEZER. Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1854. Agriculture of New-York: Vol. V. The More common and Injurious Species of Insects. Publisher’s cloth binding; 47 hand-colored and 3 uncolored lithographic plates by E. Emmons, Jr.; 25 x 30 cm., viii, 272 pp. Various degrees of wear to the six volumes, the final volume here with the binding in rather poor condition.
The plates by Hill of the birds of New York State are especially fine, and reputedly only 300 copies were colored thus.
Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
De KAY, JAMES ELLSWORTH
Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1842. Three bound volumes of Part I, Zoology of New York. Publisher’s cloth binding; 25 x 30 cm. Vol. 1: Introduction by W. H. Seward; 2 uncolored lithographic plates by T. T. Schramke; 188 pp. Part I. Mammalia; 33 uncolored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; xiii, 146 pp. Vol. 2: Part III. Reptiles and Amphibia; vi, 98 pp. Part IV. Fishes; xiv, 415 pp. Vol. 3: Plates; 7 hand-colored and 95 uncolored plates by J. W. Hill; together with Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1842. Modern cloth binding; 24 x 29 cm. Introduction by W. H. Seward; 2 uncolored lithographic plates by T. T. Schramke; 188 pp. Part I. Mammalia; 29 hand-colored and 4 uncolored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; xiii, 146 pp.; Zoology of New York. Part II. Birds. Albany: State of New York, 1844. Modern cloth binding; 141 hand-colored lithographic plates by J. W. Hill; 24 x 29 cm; xii, 380 pp.; and EMMONS, EBENEZER. Natural History of New York. Albany: State of New York, 1854. Agriculture of New-York: Vol. V. The More common and Injurious Species of Insects. Publisher’s cloth binding; 47 hand-colored and 3 uncolored lithographic plates by E. Emmons, Jr.; 25 x 30 cm., viii, 272 pp. Various degrees of wear to the six volumes, the final volume here with the binding in rather poor condition.
The plates by Hill of the birds of New York State are especially fine, and reputedly only 300 copies were colored thus.
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