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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 648

Ornithological Miscellany

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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ed. George Dawson Rowley, London: Trbner and Co., et. al., 1876, three volumes (complete), containing 115 hand colored lithographs, many heightened with gum arabic, armorial bookplate on front pastedown and bookplate on front free endpaper of each volume, bound in three quarter red leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and ruling to spines, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, teg

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, scattered light staining and areas of foxing throughout, plates generally good overall; volume II lacking eight plates

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