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• Auction House:
  Bay East Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Art & Book Sale
• Sale Date:
  25 Mar 2012 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  282
• Lot Description:
  [Natural History]. Stearn. William T - The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer
  folio. 416 of 500 numbered copies. introduction by Wilfrid Blunt. tipped in col plates. quarter morocco. marbled boards. tipped in publisher's prospectus. Basilisk Press. London. 1976. linen covered solander box foxed. with Thorpe. Adrian. ed. The Birds of Edward Lear. folio. no. 685. edition not stated. col plates. ocb. illus d/w shelf worn particularly at edges. The Ariel Press. London. 1975. slip case well used. with Gould. J. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. part one. folio. facsimile of the 1841 edition. no. 313 of 750 numbered copies. signed by Joan M. Dixon, Curator of Mammals at the National Museum of Victoria. col plates. ocb discoloured. mounted photograph of John Gould on front cover. Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1981. with Krefft. G. The Mammals of Australia. folio. facsimile of the 1871 edition by Thomas Richards. no. 52 of 350 numbered copies. signed by Basil J. Marlow, Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum. 15 b/w plates by Harriett (sic) and Helena Scott. tipped in publisher's prospectus. Lansdwone Press. Melbourne. 1979. with Hunt. F. P. Orchidaceae. folio. no. 349 of 600 numbered copies. signed by the author and the artist on reverse of title page. 40 col plates by Mary A. Grierson. vellum boards bumped at corners with some discolouration. The Bourton Press. London. 1973. red cloth slip case marked in places. (5).
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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