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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1117

Mark Catesby

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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(British, 1679-1749)

T. 44 The Painted Finch, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, 1754 edition, Vol. 1, hand-colored engraving on laid paper with "IV" watermark, plate, 13-3/4 x 10-1/8 in., sheet, 20-5/8 x 14-3/8 in.; wood frame, 23-1/2 x 19 in.

Provenance: W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Property from an Important Charleston Collection

Condition

hinged in at top, binding edge present at left, full sheet, light fading; museum quality framing by Joel Oppenheimer, The Audubon Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina