Lot 29

Mark Catesby - The Rice Bird

Estimate: $300 - $600

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$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
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(British, 1679-1749)   

T. 14 The Rice-bird, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, 1731-1743 edition, hand colored engraving on laid paper with Strasbourg Lily watermark, plate 10-1/4 x 14 in., sheet 13-5/8 x 19-3/8 in.; 18th century style frame, 15-3/4 x 21 x 1 in.

Provenance: From a Prominent Charleston, South Carolina Family

Condition

some toning and foxing, tape and adhesive residue at top edge, pencil inscriptions in bottom margin, some handling smudges at edges, fading

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From a Prominent Charleston, South Carolina Family