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Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part II. Birds (hand-colored plates)
By De Kay, James E.
SKU# 19656
Pp. xii, 380, (1), 141 fine hand-colored plates by J.W. Hill. One-half black leather over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers, steel-engraved series title page, 4to. The authoritative early study of the birds of New York State. Only 300 copies of this work were issued with the plates hand colored. Nearly all of the color plates are heightened with gum Arabic. No ownership marks.
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Publisher |
Carroll and Cool |
| Publisher Place | Albany |
| Date Published | 1844 |
| Date Published Estimated | No |
| Edition | First edition |
| Number of Volumes | 1 |
| Reprint | No |
| Condition | Near fine |
| Condition Description | Light browning to the background of a few of the hand-colored plates, the text is generally bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condition in a very attractive binding. |
| ISBN | |
| Limited Edition |