Live auction - Lot 330
[Zoology - Ornithology]
Svenska fågler efter naturen och på sten ritade af M., W. och F. von Wright.
Stockholm, Förlaget Svenska Fåglar, 1927-1929
Hammer price: €
240
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
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.