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NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK, OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA.... PART II. BIRDS
by DE KAY, James [HAND-COLORED PLATES]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate foxing, mostly to the text with just some plates affected. Most of the plates contain small, neat pencil identification
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Carroll & Cook, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing, mostly to the text with just some plates affected. Most of the plates contain small, neat pencil identifications of the birds but are otherwise clean. Text block is cracked with one plate detached but present. A Good, complete set of these plates. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, lacking the spine. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 141 hand-colored lithographs of birds, mostly two per image, and containing "detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders." One of only 300 copies where the plates were colored.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017495
- Title
- NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK, OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA.... PART II. BIRDS
- Author
- DE KAY, James [HAND-COLORED PLATES]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate foxing, mostly to the text with just some plates affected. Most of the plates contain small, neat pencil identification
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carroll & Cook
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- Birds, New York, Ornithology, Color Plate Books, New York State
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Natural History; Hand-Colored Plates; Animals;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Quarto
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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