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Lot 452

Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Prints] Catesby, Mark The Turtle of Carolina (Mourning Dove, shown with the May Apple plant)

Hand-colored engraving, on laid paper with J. Whatman watermark, and without the Linnaean taxonomic nomenclature introduced in the third edition of 1771. Presumed second edition, plate #24, Volume I. Plate: 14 x 10 5/16 in. (358 x 263 mm), sheet: 20 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (527 x 375 mm). Margins moderately toned, engraved area lightly toned. Top hinge mounted, matted and in frame. [London: The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas Islands, presumed 1754]. Dunthorne 72.

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