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Lot 111
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$3,840
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. WOOD, John George (1827-1889). A large group of works, including:
The Illustrated Natural History. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1853. -- My Feathered Friends. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1863]. -- The Calendar of the Months or, The Young Naturalist Abroad. London: George Routledge, 1873. -- Animate Creation. New York: Selmar Hess, 1885. 3 volumes. -- Man and His Handiwork. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1886. -- Wild Animals of the Bible. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1887. -- Petland Revisited. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1890.
And 156 others. Together, 183 works in 218 volumes, various 12mo, 8vo, 4to, and folio sizes, most in original cloth and bindings. Condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.