HUDSON, William Henry (1841-1922). The Birds of La Plata. London, Toronto, and New York: J.M. Dent & Sons and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1920.
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600
Sold for $250
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Lot Description
HUDSON, William Henry (1841-1922). The Birds of La Plata. London, Toronto, and New York: J.M. Dent & Sons and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1920.
2 volumes, 4to (288 x 210 mm). 22 plates tipped-in with the suite of duplicate plates. (Occasional spotting primarily to text.) Publishers original brown and green cloth gilt, top edge stained blue, others uncut and unopened (bump to top edge, spines lightly sunned); extra suite of plates, loose as issued in publisher's printed envelope (chipping).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 large paper copies SIGNED BY HUDSON, with plates by Henrik Grønvold, the Danish naturalist, artist, and taxidermist best known for his illustrations of birds and their eggs. Hudson spent much of his career working both officially and unofficially for the Natural History Museum, London.
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