Wolf, Joseph (1820-1899) Zoological Sketches.

Description:

Wolf, Joseph (1820-1899) Zoological Sketches. London: Henry Graves & Co., [1861-1867]. Folio, loose sheets as issued, comprising the illustrated color lithographic title page, list of plates, list of subscribers, and sixteen colored lithographs with accompanying text leaves, titles printed in metallic ink: Stanger's Monkey, or Pluto Monkey; the Lion; the Painted Ocelot; the Eyra; the Serval; the Caracal; the Grey Fox; the Syrian Bear; the Leuoryx Antelope (Oryx); the Saker Falcon; the Hippopotamus; the Tylacine; the Japanese Pheasant; the Mooruk (Cassowary Bird); Mantell's Apteryx; and the Black-Necked Swan; text leaves quite chipped, with losses to margins, the text for the Syrian Bear torn in half; title mounted on mat board, plates better preserved, with marginal finger smudges, edge toning, and the occasional closed marginal tear, some edge chipping, the plates 23 x 17 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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