Lot 290: WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS

Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa : Ten Plates (A.T. 335) ten lithographs with hand-coloring, circa 1840, on wove papers, published in London, all with margins, all with pale light- staining, the colors slightly attenuated, all with minor surface soiling, scattered foxing and areas of pale moisture staining on most plates, a few small paper losses within the subjects on a few plates, Plate IX with a few pressure marks within the lower left center of the subject, not examined out of the frames all L. approx. 121/4 x 16 in. (310 x 405 mm.) all S. approx. 191/2 x 26 in. (495 x 660 mm.) (10) NOTES A complete first edition of Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa will be offered in the sale of the Aitken Library Including: IV. Catoblepas Gorgon. - The Brindled Gnoo ; V. Eguus Burchellii. - Burchell's Zebra ; IX. Oryx Capensis. - The Gemsbok ; XI. Camelopardalis Giraffa. - The Giraffe ; XIII. Bubalus Caffer. - The African Buffalo ; XVI. Rhinoceros Africanus. - The African Rhinoceros ; XIX. Rhinocersos Simus. - The Square Nosed or White Rhinoceros ; XX. Strepsiceros Capensis. - The Koodoo ; XXII. Elephas Africanus - The African Elephant ; XXIII. Aigocerus Niger. - The Sable Antelope.