Lot 1049 William C. Hewitson. Coloured illustrations of the …

Coloured illustrations of the eggs of British birds, accompanied with descriptions of the eggs, nests, etc. 2 Bde. Mit 137 kolorierten lithogr. Tafeln. London, John van Voorst, 1846. xvi, 223 S. 2 S., S. 225-470. 8°. HLdr. d. Zt. mit Kopfgoldschnitt, goldgepr. RTitel, RVerg. u. goldgepr. Fileten (Rücken gering verblasst, stellenw. kl. Bereibungen).

Zoologie - Ornithologie

Naturwissenschaften – Erste Ausgabe. - Selten. - Nicht in Nissen ZBI. - Vorsätze mit Buchhändlermärkchen, Exlibris J.J. Baldwyn Young und Stempel "Natuur Historisch Museum Terschelling", fl. Vorsätze stockfleckig, papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, insg. wohlerhaltenes, dekoratives Exemplar.

Natural Sciences – Zoology. - Ornithology. - First edition. - Rare. - With 137 col. lithogr. plates. Contemp. half leather with gilt top edge, gilt stamped title to spines, spine gilt and gilt stamped fillets (spines slightly faded, occ. minor rubbing). - Endpapers with bookseller's mark, bookplate J.J. Baldwyn Young and stamp "Natuur Historisch Museum Terschelling", free endpapers foxed, slightly browned due to paper, overall well preserved, decorative copy.

Startprice: 300 €
Estimate: 450 €

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