Svenska fågler efter naturen och på sten ritade af M., W. och F. von Wright.

LÖNNBERG, Einar

Hammer price: € 240

€ 300 / 400

Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

Bidding is closed

Lot description

Stockholm, Förlaget Svenska Fåglar, 1927-1929

3 vol., folio.

Publ. marbled sheep, gilt-ruled covers with eagle device, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (some min. scratches and rubbing, spines discoloured).

Standard work on Scandinavian ornithology. Ill. (complete) with 364 very fine coloured plates representing birds of Sweden (146, 109, 109) and b/w photogr. fig. in-text (eggs and nests). The work offers fine reproductions of the original 184 plates of the 1828-1838 edition, enlarged with 180 lithographs after paintings of the von Wright brothers and the Swedish artist Bror Hallberg. De luxe limited edition (n. 574 for Erik Hellström).
Ref. Nissen (IVB) 1026. - Anker 544. - COPAC.