Page 93 - Sale 2280- Maps Atlases, Natural History, Ephemera

Basic HTML Version

299
(BIRDS.) Audubon, John James.
Common American Gull. Plate CCXII.
Hand-colored engraved and aquatint plate from the double elephant folio edition of Birds
of America, on full folio sheet; very slightly but evenly toned overall.Watermarked “J
Whatman / 1836.”Variant 2. London: Havell, 1834 [i.e. 1836]
[1,500/2,500]
300
(BIRDS.) Audubon, John James.
Dusky Albatros. Plate CCCCVII.
Hand-
colored engraved and aquatint plate from the double elephant folio edition of Birds of
America, on full folio sheet; one chip at top edge well away from platemark, short tear
along right edge, very slightly but evenly toned overall.Watermarked “JWhatman /Turkey
Mills / 1838.” London: Havell, 1838
[1,500/2,500]
299
300