Lot 133
Birds.- Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, (for the Subscribers) by the Author, 1888.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Birds.- Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, 48 chromolithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans, 2 lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, a few light surface marks, very occasional light soiling to outer margin, bookplates, contemporary green half morocco, richly gilt, spines very lightly faded, very light rubbing, overall an excellent copy, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen, IVB 163; Zimmer p.115-116], folio, (for the Subscribers) by the Author, 1888.
Description
Birds.- Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, 48 chromolithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans, 2 lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, a few light surface marks, very occasional light soiling to outer margin, bookplates, contemporary green half morocco, richly gilt, spines very lightly faded, very light rubbing, overall an excellent copy, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen, IVB 163; Zimmer p.115-116], folio, (for the Subscribers) by the Author, 1888.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter