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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Martin Copley AM
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  71
• Lot Description:
  McCOY, Frederick. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or, figures with descriptions of the living species
  of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals. Melbourne, [1875]-1888. Two volumes thick imperial octavo, with 199 lithographed plates, including one folding double plate, nearly all coloured, some hand-finished; binder ‘s cloth. A little foxing, some tape repairs to inner margins of preliminary leaves in each volume.
• Notes:
  McCoy’s unfinished grand project, which was also a long time in gestation: some of the plates were lithographed the late 1850s, including a few by Ludwig Becker.
• Estimate:
  A$1,200 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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