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THBAmerican Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte
About Seller
4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJul 6, 2024
Our July 6-7 Live Auction in Knoxville features more than 1,000 lots of Fine Art, Antiques and Jewelry from the founding family of Rogersville, TN, and from the historic Pinckney family of Charleston, SC; from the estate of William J. Eskind of Nashville; the living estate of Jerry Waters, Maryville, the estate of U.S. Ambassador Ron Schlicher of Brentwood, and from other fine estates and private and museum collections. Sale starts 9 AM Eastern Time on Saturday, July 6 (lots #1-671) and continues at 1 PM Sunday, July 7 (lots #672-1086) at our Knoxville Gallery, 4310 Papermill Drive. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1871. Atlas folio 14 1/2" x 17 1/2". Three quarter leather and marbled paper boards, gilt page edges; bookplate of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney on front endpaper Bonaparte volume. Commonly known as the "Philadelphia Edition", these Atlases were printed in 1871, to accompany three octavo volumes of text with Wilson's detailed anatomical descriptions of each bird (not included). Originally published in 9 volumes between 1808-1815, Wilson's American Ornithology saw several editions published throughout the 19th Century, but not until this two volume 1871 set were the engravings published in folio size. Volume 1 contains 76 large hand-colored folio engravings made from original copper plates, engraved by Alexander Lawson, Murray, Warnicke, and Tanner after Wilson's drawings, and colored by Alexander Rider. The Bonaparte volume contains 27 plates also engraved by Lawson after drawings by Titian R. Peale, Rider, as well as John James Audubon, who drew the Great Crow Blackbird on Plate 4.
PROVENANCE: By descent in the historic Pinckney family of Runnymede Plantation, South Carolina.
Condition
All plates present, scuffing to boards, slight foxing to some plates; each complete with no tears.
- Provenance
By descent in the historic Pinckney family of Runnymede Plantation, South Carolina.
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