Lot 43
Thomas Pennant (1726 - 1798) BRITISH ZOOLOGY - NEW EDITION

1812
Period half leather binding, gilded, 4 volumes
22 x 14 x 5 cm (h x w x d)

Starting price

18 000 CZK
| 735 €

Price realized

21 000 CZK
| 857 €

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The massive volumes gradually depict mammals, birds, waterfowl, amphibians, snakes, fish, crustaceans and worms in text and on 294 copperplate boards with images. Some are marked in the album by Paillou, Edwards, Griffiths, Stubbs. Especially valuable is the participation of Peter Paillou (1720-1790), a British master of ornithological book illustration. Published in London - Wilkie and Robinson.

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