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Lot 340
Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$6,000 -
9,000
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$3,000
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1 Piece. Hand-Color...
1 Piece. Hand-Colored Engraving with Aquatint and Etching. Havel, R. after Audubon, John J. "Black-billed Cuckoo." London, 1828. [Plate 32, The Birds of America, 1827 - 1838.] 18 5/8 x 26 5/8 inches; 473 x 677 mm - plate mark, 22 15/16 x 29 15/16; 583 x 760 mm - sheet size. With the J. Whatman watermark, dated 1830. Margins trimmed, mounted on board, evenly and attractively toned, some scattered light foxing. Watermark visible despite mounting board.