Walter Rothschild
Extinct Birds, London, 1907
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 189
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 189
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Description
Walter Rothschild
Extinct Birds. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907
FIRST EDITION, 4to (375 x 285mm.), number 118 of 300 copies, signed by the author, 45 chromolithographed plates, 4 outline plates, contemporary dark green half morocco by Arthur S. Colley Bookbinders, spine with raised bands in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, lightly browned at extremities, light scattered spotting, extremities lightly rubbed
LITERATURE:
Anker 30; Nissen IVB 795; Zimmer, p. 533
Extinct Birds. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907
FIRST EDITION, 4to (375 x 285mm.), number 118 of 300 copies, signed by the author, 45 chromolithographed plates, 4 outline plates, contemporary dark green half morocco by Arthur S. Colley Bookbinders, spine with raised bands in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, lightly browned at extremities, light scattered spotting, extremities lightly rubbed
LITERATURE:
Anker 30; Nissen IVB 795; Zimmer, p. 533
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