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Lot 2: CURTIS, John (1791-1862). British Entomology . London: the author, 1826-1828. 21 parts, No. XXXIII September 1 1826 - No.LIII May 1 1828, 8° (250 x 161mm). 84 hand-coloured engraved plates. Original stitched buff wrappers. Provenance : 'W.B.H.'

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomApril 08, 2009

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CURTIS, John (1791-1862). British Entomology. London: the author, 1826-1828. 21 parts, No. XXXIII September 1 1826 - No.LIII May 1 1828, 8° (250 x 161mm). 84 hand-coloured engraved plates. Original stitched buff wrappers. Provenance: 'W.B.H.' (neat ink initials to upper wrappers). Nissen ZBI 1000.

SHAW, George (1751-1813) and Frederick P. NODDER. The Naturalist's Miscellany. London: 1792. Part 1 only, 8° (260 x 162mm). 3 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Plates and text lightly creased.) Original stitched blue wrappers, uncut (a fraction soiled). Nissen IVB 869.

LEWIN, William. The Insects of Great Britain. London: J. Johnson, 1795. 4° (281 x 205mm). English and French text. 36 hand-coloured engraved plates (only, of 46). (Occasional very light spotting and browning.) Contemporary drab boards, rebacked with green cloth spine (extremities rubbed covers lightly soiled).

Sold w.a.f., not subject to return. (23)

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Sale 5808
travel, science & natural history
8 April 2009
London, South Kensington

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Travel, Science & Natural History

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Christie's
April 08, 2009, 10:30 AM WET

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK