Lot 11: Gould (John) & Richter (H. C.) Collection of plates from The Birds of Great Britain

Gould (John) & Richter (H. C.) Collection of plates from The Birds of Great Britain, including: Fuligula Marila; Chroicocephalus Ridibundus; Aegialitis Hiaticula; Eudromias Morinellus; Hydroprogne Caspia; Sterna Hirundo; Totanus Calidris; Glottis Canescens; Fuligula Cristata; Harelda Glacialis; Histrionicus Torquatus, each with letterpress description leaves, lithographs with fine hand-colouring, heightened with gum-arabic, some with stab holes in margins, loose, minor foxing & browning, each sheet approx. 565 x 385 mm, issued in parts, printed by Walter & Cohn, 1862-73 (11)

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