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24.2.23
A-404, UNESCO Appts; I. P. Ext; New Delhi -110 092, India
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Sacheverell Sitwell
'Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900'


Prezzo iniziale:
$ 241
Prezzo stimato :
$491 - $982
Commissione per la casa d'aste: 20%
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'Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900'
A Bibliography Record of Two Centuries of Finely Illustrated Bird Books
Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900 by Sacheverell Sitwell; Handasyde Buchanan & James Fisher
First Edition, Large folio, 16 color plates, 23 uncolored plates, half leather binding, title in gilt on spine with slip case, Published by Collins & Van Nostrand, New york, 1953.
This important volume contains sixteen color plates and twenty-three in black & white plates by nineteen greatest painters of birds. Spanning a period of two centuries, the painters included are Catesby, Audubon, Gould, and Sharpe, to name a few. The book is composed of three sections; an essay on bird books by Sitwell, a bibliography by Buchanan and Fisher, and a list of species in the plates by Fisher.
Size: 34.8 x 49.7 cm (13.7 x 19.5 inches)
Excellent Condition
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Keywords: India, Indian, Bird, Plate Book