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Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or family of the Grouse
Sale 6308 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2025
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12,000
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Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or family of the Grouse
New York: Published by the Author, (1864-)1865. Folio (591 x 456 mm). Letterpress title-page, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 7 pp. preface, introduction, explanation, list of plates. 25 fine hand-colored lithographic plates by C.F. Tholey after Elliot and J. Wolf, two hand-colored plates of eggs after W.S. Morgan, all printed by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia. (Some very slight mostly marginal spotting or soiling, some intermittent heavier spotting to a few text leaves, colors generally bright.) Later half cloth, marbled boards, morocco lettering-piece gilt (some light wear to corners, hinges just starting, short tear to cloth at foot of spine). Teylers Museum ink stamps on title-page, and with tiny shelf label on spine. Anker 128; Ayer/Zimmer p. 205; Bennett, p. 19; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 293; Wood p. 331
"Next only to Audubon's, the Elliot works are the most valuable American bird plates" (Bennett).
The second of Elliot's great folio monographs, dealing with 25 species of Grouse (all then known). Twenty-four of the plates are from Elliot's own drawings, and one, of the Kunalee Grouse (in part one), is after Joseph Wolf. The lithographic work was carried out by Bowen & Co., the publisher's of the octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America, arguably the best lithographic printers in the United States at the time. This is one of only three works by Elliot produced in the United States; his later works were printed in Europe, though some retained a New York imprint.
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