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Lot 130

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
$1,920
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[NATURAL HISTORY]. A group 68 volumes of general natural history titles, including:


MILLAR, George Henry. A New, Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History. London: Alex Hogg, n.d. [ca 1785]. 85 engraved plates. -- WILSON, Alexander. Foresters: A Poem, Descriptive of Pedestrian Journey to the Falls of Niagara, in the Autumn of 1804. West Chester, PA: Joseph Painter, 1838. -- Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena. London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. --
Illustrations of Zoology. London: John Joseph Griffin and Co., 1851. -- BOULENGER, George Albert. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum. London: Longmans & Co., 1893. 3 volumes. -- GRANT, Madison. The Origin and Relationship of the Large Mammals of North America. New York: Office of the New York Zoological Society, 1904. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. -- And others.

Together, in 68 volumes, various sizes, condition generally very good.



Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas

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