Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108
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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108
HAYES, WILLIAM, AND FAMILY
Portraits of rare and curious birds, with their descriptions, from the menagery of Osterley Park. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1794
FIRST EDITION, 4to (280 x 215mm.), 100 hand-coloured engraved plates after Hayes, his wife, and children, contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, gilt edges, without the view of the menagerie (as often)
A FINE COPY.
LITERATURE:
Nissen IVB 422 (variant title); Zimmer p.294
PROVENANCE:
Sophia, Countess of Haddington (wife of the 8th Earl, d.1813), ownership inscriptions