Sale 1395
New York
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25 June 2004
Price realised
USD 4,780
Estimate
Large billed Puffin (Plate CCXCIII) Horned Puffin, Fratercula corniculata Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1836, palest offsetting showing through from the reverse, some very minor surface soiling, otherwise colors bright. Plate: 14 11/16 x 20 5/16 in. (373 x 516 mm) Sheet: 26½ x 39½ in. (672 x 1003 mm)
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