Catalogo metodico degli Uccelli Europei

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26.05.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 136 | Catalogo metodico degli Uccelli Europei
Catalogo metodico degli Uccelli EuropeiPresentation to John Bachman, 1848BONAPARTE, Carlo (1746-1785). Catalogo metodico degli Uccelli Europei. Bologna: Jacopo Marsigli, 1842. Presentation copy of the first and only edition of a scarce piece of ornithologica, inscribed to Audubon-collaborator John Bachman. Only one other copy has been recorded at auction. Octavo (230 x 258mm). Half title, 97 pp. (some light spotting). Untrimmed in original plain yellow wrappers (some small tears and chips to wrapper, top of spine perishing). Custom chemise and slipcase. Provenance: John Bachman, 1790-1874 (presentation inscription on wrapper).
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