Lot 102
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SMITH, Sir Andrew. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1838-49-50. 5 vols. 4o. 279 lithograph plates including 52 plates of Mammalia, 48 of them hand-colored; 78 plates of Reptilia, 75 of them hand-colored; 114 hand-colored plates of Aves after Georg Ford, 31 hand-colored plates of Pisces and 4 hand-colored plates of Invertebratae. (Light dampstaining to most of the plates, mostly marginal.) Modern half-morocco. FIRST EDITION, many of the birds are described for the first time. Fine Bird Books 108; Nissen IVB 880 and SVB 471. (5)
SMITH, Sir Andrew. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1838-49-50. 5 vols. 4o. 279 lithograph plates including 52 plates of Mammalia, 48 of them hand-colored; 78 plates of Reptilia, 75 of them hand-colored; 114 hand-colored plates of Aves after Georg Ford, 31 hand-colored plates of Pisces and 4 hand-colored plates of Invertebratae. (Light dampstaining to most of the plates, mostly marginal.) Modern half-morocco. FIRST EDITION, many of the birds are described for the first time. Fine Bird Books 108; Nissen IVB 880 and SVB 471. (5)

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SMITH, Sir Andrew. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1838-49-50. 5 vols. 4o. 279 lithograph plates including 52 plates of Mammalia, 48 of them hand-colored; 78 plates of Reptilia, 75 of them hand-colored; 114 hand-colored plates of Aves after Georg Ford, 31 hand-colored plates of Pisces and 4 hand-colored plates of Invertebratae. (Light dampstaining to most of the plates, mostly marginal.) Modern half-morocco. FIRST EDITION, many of the birds are described for the first time. Fine Bird Books 108; Nissen IVB 880 and SVB 471. (5)

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