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Auction No 368, Tag: Ornithology

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

Fraser Darling "A Naturalist on Rona", 1939, in d/jkt; Lord De Tabley "The Flora of Cheshire", 1899,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Fraser Darling A Naturalist on Rona, 1939, in d/jkt; Lord De Tabley The Flora of Cheshire, 1899, gilt cloth, VG; Douglas Dewar Game Birds, 1928, repaired binding, fine wood engravings, inscribed to the Duke of Portland by Seton Gordon with a further autograph letter from Seton Gordon tipped in; and related titles from 1859. Fair to fine. (9)

John Mossop "A Synopsis of British Land-Birds, in verse and prose", Jackson & Walford, 1841,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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John Mossop A Synopsis of British Land-Birds, in verse and prose, Jackson & Walford, 1841, original gilt cloth, fine; xviii,[2],259pp; Sharpe A Chapter on Birds, 1895, 18 coloured plates, fine; E. Fitch Daglish ​Woodcuts of British Birds, 1925, one of 500 printed, title label on spine worn; and 3 related. VG/VF (6)

Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature",

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £70
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Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, 1780s-1790s, disbound, the Robert Bernard engraved plates only, comprising Birds (64) and 2 others; a few slightly damp-stained in lower margin but mostly VG/VF. Margins intact. Uncut. Overall 13 x 9.5”. (66, two double-page)

James Jennings "Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
UNSOLD
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James Jennings Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History; and copious notes. Poole & Edwards, 1828 First Edition; nineteenth century cloth, gilt, backstrip a little faded o/w VG; bookplate removed from front pastedown; engraved frontispiece, and a further frontispiece to Part Two on Foreign Birds; each part with its own pictorial half-title, the foot of the half-title to Part One repaired. A small library stamp of the Islington Literary & Scientific Society in the margin of two pages in the text o/w fine internally; pp.xxix,(3),468,6. A rare work of ornithology.