AUCTION 61: RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS 2
By HELIOS
Sunday, Apr 6, 12:00 PM
HELIOS AUCTIONS 1050 Second Avenue Gallery # 52 New York, NY 10022 USA, United States
An extremely varied selection of paper-related items, including 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle Antique Incunabula Liber Chronicarum Hartmann Schedel, 1764 Bible by Anthony Purver Quaker Antique 2 Two-folio volumes, 1531 Dante Alighieri Post-Incunabula l'Amoroso Convivio in Italian, among many other interesting subjects.
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LOT 276:

1805 CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS ILLUSTRATED 2 FOLIO VOLUMES ANTIQUE IN ENGLISH

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Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax: $ 547.50
Start price:
$ 400
Estimated price :
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Buyer's Premium: 28% More details
sales tax: 8.875% On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
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1805 CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS ILLUSTRATED 2 FOLIO VOLUMES ANTIQUE IN ENGLISH

A cabinet of Quadrupeds, with historical and scientific descriptions

by J. Church

London, Darton & Harvey; 1805

2 volumes

Folio: 10 1/2 by 13 1/4"

With 2 engraved titles, 2 engraved illustrations and 84 engraved plates.

A total of 8 leaves of introduction and 210 leaves of descriptions.

Original morocco with beautiful gold embossing and gold trimming (all edges are gilt.)

- Nissen, ZBI 886. -

The plates with decorative animal depictions by J. Tookey after J. Ibbetson.

Wear of the bindings. Occasional foxing

With bookplate at the front pastedown.

heavy set: weight about 11 lbs

Text in English

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