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Lot 5
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
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Nov 13, 2020
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Lot Description
ASHMEAD, Henry B. The Illustrated Book of Natural History. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1859.
4to (318 x 255 mm). 17 (of 32) colored plates. (Some off-setting from plates to text, damp-stain to bottom margins, some spotting.) Modern cloth (slight sunning and wear to extremities).
Early edition. Editions of this work to any degree of completeness are very rare on the market.
Property from the Collection of Michael and Kay Melet