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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Millais (John Guille)

GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING SKETCHES;

Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which Occur Amongst Them

Published: Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1892

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200/250

Bidding opens: 14 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Nov 16:30 GMT

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First edition: xii,72 pages, folio (400 x 315 mm), frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick by Sir J.E. Millais, 16 coloured lithographic plates and 18 autotype plates with guards, 30 woodcut and other illustrations in the text, publisher's half red straight-grain morocco (a little wear at the corners and at the top of the spine), light red pebble-grain cloth sides, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, top edge gilt, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Folio (400 x 215 mm)


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