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Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: Eight Plates
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GEORGE PERRY (ACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY) and WILLIAM MILLER (1796-1882)
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. 12½ x 8¾ in. (318 x 222 mm.)
all overall 25¾ x 21½ in. (654 x 546 mm.) (8)
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. 12½ x 8¾ in. (318 x 222 mm.)
all overall 25¾ x 21½ in. (654 x 546 mm.) (8)
Provenance
Acquired from Alberto Pinto
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.