THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES
$35,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages
New York: George R. Lockwood, 1870-71 . 275 x 175 mm. 10 3/4 x 7 . Eight volumes. Final Octavo Edition. Publisher's full dark brown morocco, boards with intricate blind-stamped frame and central arabesque, raised bands, blind-tooled compartments with small centerpiece, turn-ins with floral gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous woodcuts mostly
- Binding: Leather
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