ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS: IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE (4-5 MAY 2022)

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Thomas C Jerdon (1811 - 1872) Illustrations of Indian ornithology : Containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India Thomas C Jerdon, Illustrations of Indian Ornithology: Containing Fifty Figures of New, Unfigured and Interesting Species of Birds, Chiefly from the South of India, Madras: Printed by P.R. Hunt, American Mission Press, 1847 Title leaf, plate list, and 50 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum Arabic, (Plates XXVIII and XXXIV have captions printed on slips; plates XL, XLIX and L have plate numbers printed on slips) with accompanying text, species list on the leaf at end. The plates are numbered from I to L, the captions corresponding to the numbers on the plate are listed at the front, plates variously signed: Printed by Lithographer C.V. Kistnarajoo, R.E.B, Leonard, Miller; Prel. lith Linn imp.; Reeve Brothers; Reeve (London) imp.; full leather-bound with gilt text and decoration at the spine with 5 raised bands 32 x 25.5 x 3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000 $5,335 - 6,670 Details	Winning bid Rs 4,27,500 \| $5,700 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 68

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Thomas C Jerdon (1811 - 1872) The Birds of India being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India (3 Volumes) Thomas C Jerdon, The Birds of India being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India: with Descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a Manual of Ornithology specially adapted for India, 1863-70 In 3 Volumes Volume I: 1870, half title, [18], [1], (ii-xlv), [1], [1], 2-535 pages; Cherrapoonjee: Printed by Griffith Hughes Volume II: part 1, 1863, half title, [8], [1], 2-439 pages; Calcutta: Printed for the author by the Military Orphan Press Volume III: [part 2], 1864, [7], [1], (ii-iv), [3], [1], [1], 442-876 pages, [1], (ii-xxx11); Calcutta: George Wyman and Co., Publishers Half leather bound with cloth boards, gilt title to the spine with 5 raised bands (each) 22 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $1,000 - 1,335 Details	Winning bid Rs 90,000 \| $1,200 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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