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The Magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen set of Audubon's "The birds of America". [ Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, auction catalogue, sale date: 25 June 2004 ]
by Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 25th June 2004. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 265 pp, colour ills. 435 lots. Catalogue includes introductory essays on "The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and the Ducal House" and "The Magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen Unbound Set of Audubon's ‘The Birds of America'". The Saxe-Meiningen set of Audubon's Birds of America is one of only a few copies to survive in its original unbound state and here is comprehensively described. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-50232
- Title
- The Magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen set of Audubon's "The birds of America". [ Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, auction catalogue, sale date: 25 June 2004 ]
- Author
- Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc
- Format/Binding
- Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 25th June 2004
- Date Published
- auction catalogue for the sale
- Pages
- 265 pp, colour ills
- Keywords
- Christie's Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc auction catalogue Saxe-Meiningen (Principality, Germany)
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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