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    The Magnificent Sachsen-Meiningen Set of Audubon's Birds of

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    25 June 2004

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    • Pewit Flycather (Plate CXX) Ea
    Lot 120

    Pewit Flycather (Plate CXX)
    Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
    Variant 1

    Price realised

    USD 2,390

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    Pewit Flycather (Plate CXX)
    Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
    Variant 1
    Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J Whatman dated 1831, a few soft creases, a pale foxmark in the lower margin just below the platemark, a small hole in the upper left margin corner, minor surface soiling and a few short tears at the margin edges, otherwise in very good condition.
    Plate: 19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (499 x 314 mm)
    Sheet: 39 5/8 x 26 5/8 in. (1007 x 676 mm)

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