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Lot 124: GEORGE PERRY (ACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY) and WILLIAM MILLER (1796-1882)

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 28, 2006

Item Overview

Description

Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: Eight Plates
eight aquatints with hand-coloring, 1810, on wove papers, published by W. Miller, London, all with margins, all with minor surface soiling and pale light-staining, scattered foxing, all with soft handling creases, a few and mostly Plate 39 with heavy creasing and folding to the right edge, a few with small tears to the edges, all with writing from back showing through to front, otherwise apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frames
all L. approx. 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (318 x 222 mm.)
all overall 25 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (654 x 546 mm.) (8)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Acquired from Alberto Pinto

Notes

This lot is offered without reserve.

Auction Details

The House Sale

by
Christie's
November 28, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US