10th Aug, 2022 12:00

A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection

 
  Lot 650
 

MORRIS' NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS

A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS, MORRIS (F.O.),
pub. Bell & Dowdie, London, 1872, coloured plates, gilt tooled green cloth boards (4 vols.)

 

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Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200


Condition Report
Hinges and binding of volume II and IV do show particular strain but without loose leaves; foxing generally minimal and sporadic, some plates and pages with fairly light browning to edges, two randomly selected plates from each volume illustrated as well as exterior of each volume to illustrate condition

 
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