Lot 420
Lear, Edward (after), "Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots", a limited edition...
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Lot 420
Lear, Edward (after), "Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots", a limited edition...
Lot 420
Lot Description
Lear, Edward (after), "Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots", a limited edition elephant folio facsimile of the 1832 original held by the Linnean Society, containing 42 illustations of parrots, Publ. Pion Limited, London, 1978, Curwen Press, numbered 17 of 530 ("of which 500 are for sale"), in wine cloth over matching half morocco, gilt-entitled spine, together with a print of a "Perroquet Aourou-couraou" after Barraband (plate 110), a Black Cobra after Hawkins, and a watercolour by Sheldon Phillips, (4).
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
Print of 'perroquet' after Barraband is mottled, all others in good order.
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