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Lot 141
Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020
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[Natural History] Amuchastegui, Axel Some Birds and Mammals of North America
London: The Tryon Gallery in association with George Rainbird, (1971). First and limited edition: one of five copies "specially bound for the artist and his friends" (from a greater edition of 505), this copy marked "D" and signed by Amuchastegui. Elephant folio. Illustrated with 16 stunning color plates of birds and mammals. Text by Lex Line, then editor of Audubon magazine. From the library of Line, although unmarked by him. Original full vellum, lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed. A fine copy.