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Americas.- Forster (John Reinhold) A Catalogue of the Animals of North America..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of falcon by R.Murray after M.Griffith, interleaved, contemporary ink signature of William Strickland on title and with several notes to text and interleaves, cropped, frontispiece trimmed close at outer edge and lightly offset on title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sabin 25133], 8vo, by B.White, 1771.
*** Very rare early catalogue of American fauna including several previously unknown species, and with directions for collecting and preserving specimens at end. Only 2 copies appear to have been sold at auction in the last 100 years, in 1993 and an inscribed copy in 2010.
?William Strickland, 6th Baron Boynton (1753-1834), gentleman farmer from Yorkshire, who travelled to America in 1794-95 to make a survey of American agriculture, published as Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America in 1801.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/a337f4e2-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/e108238b-a791-ee11-817b-6045bdfc47ac.webp "373
Americas.- Forster (John Reinhold) A Catalogue of the Animals of North America..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of falcon by R.Murray after M.Griffith, interleaved, contemporary ink signature of William Strickland on title and with several notes to text and interleaves, cropped, frontispiece trimmed close at outer edge and lightly offset on title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sabin 25133], 8vo, by B.White, 1771.
*** Very rare early catalogue of American fauna including several previously unknown species, and with directions for collecting and preserving specimens at end. Only 2 copies appear to have been sold at auction in the last 100 years, in 1993 and an inscribed copy in 2010.
?William Strickland, 6th Baron Boynton (1753-1834), gentleman farmer from Yorkshire, who travelled to America in 1794-95 to make a survey of American agriculture, published as Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America in 1801.")
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Americas.- Forster (John Reinhold) A Catalogue of the Animals of North America..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of falcon by R.Murray after M.Griffith, interleaved, contemporary ink signature of William Strickland on title and with several notes to text and interleaves, cropped, frontispiece trimmed close at outer edge and lightly offset on title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sabin 25133], 8vo, by B.White, 1771.
⁂ Very rare early catalogue of American fauna including several previously unknown species, and with directions for collecting and preserving specimens at end. Only 2 copies appear to have been sold at auction in the last 100 years, in 1993 and an inscribed copy in 2010.
?William Strickland, 6th Baron Boynton (1753-1834), gentleman farmer from Yorkshire, who travelled to America in 1794-95 to make a survey of American agriculture, published as Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America in 1801.
Lot 373
Americas.- Forster (John Reinhold) A Catalogue of the Animals of North America..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, by B.White, 1771.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Americas.- Forster (John Reinhold) A Catalogue of the Animals of North America..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of falcon by R.Murray after M.Griffith, interleaved, contemporary ink signature of William Strickland on title and with several notes to text and interleaves, cropped, frontispiece trimmed close at outer edge and lightly offset on title, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sabin 25133], 8vo, by B.White, 1771.
⁂ Very rare early catalogue of American fauna including several previously unknown species, and with directions for collecting and preserving specimens at end. Only 2 copies appear to have been sold at auction in the last 100 years, in 1993 and an inscribed copy in 2010.
?William Strickland, 6th Baron Boynton (1753-1834), gentleman farmer from Yorkshire, who travelled to America in 1794-95 to make a survey of American agriculture, published as Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America in 1801.
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