The Natural History Of Carolina Florida And The Bahama Islands Containing The Figures Of Birds
by Mark Catesby
$280,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Period French mottled calf, spines with raised bands forming eight compartments, tooled gilt, gilt brown morocco lettering pieces in the second and third compartments, all edges gilt Provenance: Bookplates of John Wingfield Larking 1802-1891 , diplomat and antiquarian The second edition of the most famous colorplate book of American plant and animal life ... a fundamental and original work for the study of American species Hunt . A beautiful and vastly important work
- Binding: Leather
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