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Auction archive: Lot number 24

RUSSELL, PATRICK | An Account of Indian Serpents, Collected from the Coast of Coromandel. London: Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press, for George Nicol, 1796

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Auction archive: Lot number 24

RUSSELL, PATRICK | An Account of Indian Serpents, Collected from the Coast of Coromandel. London: Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press, for George Nicol, 1796

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Beschreibung:

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" JohnsonRUSSELL, PATRICK An Account of Indian Serpents, Collected from the Coast of Coromandel. London: Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press, for George Nicol, 1796 Folio (21 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.; 540 x 362 mm). Dedication leaf, 46 engraved plates on 45 sheets, all but 2 of which hand-colored; minor foxing, minor offsetting. Later binding, half brown calf over marbled boards. First edition. The first work on the subject of Indian snakes. Patrick Russell (1727-1805) was a naturalist with the East India Company. He published a continuation to the work in 1809. REFERENCE:Wood 547

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
18 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" JohnsonRUSSELL, PATRICK An Account of Indian Serpents, Collected from the Coast of Coromandel. London: Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press, for George Nicol, 1796 Folio (21 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.; 540 x 362 mm). Dedication leaf, 46 engraved plates on 45 sheets, all but 2 of which hand-colored; minor foxing, minor offsetting. Later binding, half brown calf over marbled boards. First edition. The first work on the subject of Indian snakes. Patrick Russell (1727-1805) was a naturalist with the East India Company. He published a continuation to the work in 1809. REFERENCE:Wood 547

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
18 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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