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Lot 124
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - ORNITHOLOGY]. A group of 9 works, including:
BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828). Works. London: Bernard Quatrich, 1885. LIMITED EDITION, number 135 of 750 copies of The Memorial Edition. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER.
CORY, Charles B. (1857-1921). The Birds of the Bahama Islands. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1890.
JARDINE, Sir William (1800-1874), editor. The Naturalist's Library: Birds. London: Chatto & Windus/Henry G. Bohn, [n.d.]. 14 volumes.
JASPER, Theodore (1814-1897). Ornithology or, The Science of Birds. Columbus, OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1878.
LOCKWOOD, Frank C. (1864-1938). The Life of Edward E. Ayer. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1929. FIRST EDITION.
MUDIE, Robert (1777-1842). Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. London: Whitaker & Co., 1835. 2 volumes.
And 3 others. Together, 9 works in 29 volumes, various 8vo, 4to, and folio sizes, most in original bindings. Condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.