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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes at Webb's Historical Photography and Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  20 Feb 2012 ~ 10am
• Lot #:
  290A
• Lot Description:
  A history of the birds of New Zealand. First edition.
  1st ed. London: John van Voorst, 1873. Folio. xxiii, 384p. Frontispiece, 35 hand-coloured plates. 755. Rebound. Half cloth/marbled boards. Wear to binding. Sunning to spine. Some wear and foxing to contents. Originally issued in parts. Light blue paper covers bound in. The 35 plates are hand-coloured from J G Keulemans's black and white lithographs and are ornithologically more correct than those of the second edition. A desirable copy of this key work, very scarce with the original paper covers. G.
• Maker:
  Walter Lawry Buller
• Estimate:
  NZ$8,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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