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Sat, Mar 23, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1614

Mark Catesby

Estimate: $400 - $600

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(British, 1679-1749)   

The Summer Red-Bird/Western Plane Tree, T. 56, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, 1754, Vol. 1, with monogram, hand-colored engraving on laid paper with "IHS Ivilledary" watermark, plate 13-7/8 x 10-1/8 in. page 20-1/2 x 14 in.; modern frame, 23-1/2 x 18-7/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of Marion and Theodore Gore, Williamsburg, Virginia

Condition

good fresh color, some light foxing and toning, remnants of hinging tissue verso