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Lot 178
Sale 946 - Cincinnati Collections
Lots 1-273
Jan 27, 2022
5:00AM ET
Lots 274-547
Jan 28, 2022
5:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
2,000
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$2,813
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Lot Description
A Collection of Hand-Colored Ornithology and Entomology Engravings
19th Century
comprising:
62 hand-colored plates, with some associated text, from Colored Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs by H.L. Meyer, published 1842, each sheet 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
107 hand-colored plates with associated text from British Entomology by John Curtis (English, 1792-1862), each sheet 9 x 5 3/4 inches.
and 35 hand-colored bird plates with associated text from German Ornithology by Johann Susemihl (German, 1767-1846), each sheet 19 1/4 x 13 inches.
62 hand-colored plates, with some associated text, from Colored Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs by H.L. Meyer, published 1842, each sheet 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
107 hand-colored plates with associated text from British Entomology by John Curtis (English, 1792-1862), each sheet 9 x 5 3/4 inches.
and 35 hand-colored bird plates with associated text from German Ornithology by Johann Susemihl (German, 1767-1846), each sheet 19 1/4 x 13 inches.
Property from the Estate of Paul Thomas Griffith, Dayton, Ohio