10-30-201610-30-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America.

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$14,760$12,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America. New York: by the Author, 1869. First edition, two large folio volumes, illustrated with seventy-three full color hand-finished lithographs and twenty-one mounted wood-engravings; bound in matching modern green half morocco with buckram boards; some fraying at heads and tails, ffep in volume one creased, 23 1/2 x 19 in.
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $10,000-15,000


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Keywords

David Spinney, Daniel Giraud