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Lot 81
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$192
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. SARGENT, Charles Sprague (1841-1927). The Silva of North America. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892-1902.
14 volumes, folio. 740 engraved plates by Picart after Faxon. (Some spotting to plates, marginal toning throughout.) Original printed boards, printed spine labels (spines a bit darkened, extremities toned with some rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. Sargent was the first Director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Nissen, BBI 1728; Great Flower Books, p.135.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas