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The Collection of Mario Buatta - Day 2

Sat, Mar 14, 2020 11:00AM EDT
Lot 928

François Nicolas Martinet (1725/31-1804): Planches Enluminées, d'Histoire Naturelle: Twenty Plates

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Twenty etchings in black with hand-coloring on laid paper, 1770-1786; together with Eleazar Albin (active 1713-1759): A Natural History of Birds: Seventeen Plates, seventeen etchings in black with hand-coloring on laid paper, most with text sheets; G. Edwards: Ornithology: Four Plates, four etchings in black with hand-coloring on laid paper; and Thomas Lord: The Hoopoe, from Lord's Entire new System of Ornithology, engraving in black with hand-coloring on wove paper, 1791, with text sheet.

Various sizes, all unframed.

Condition

All with margins, some staining and surface soiling. Some with small tears and creasing. Individual condition reports not available for this lot.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.