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Lot 108

George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)

George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
Lot 108 Details
George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)

SOWERBYS CONCHOLOGY

3 vols., 8vo., author's manuscripts on ruled pages, voumes I & II titled CONCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OR COLOURED FIGURES OF ALL THE HITHERTO UNFIGURED RECENT SHELLS 1832-1837, volume III titled THE CONCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY G.B. SOWERBY JUN., 1841, 300 hand coloured plates against manuscript descriptions, gilt edged pages bound in contemporary half calf marbled boards, volume III with printed title page and 'Notice' London, Sowerby, 50, Great Russell Street, 1841

Estimate $3,000-$5,000

Realised: $2,160
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
  • George Brettingham Sowerby (British, 1788-1854) and George Brettingham Sowerby Jr. (1812-1884)
Note:

A penciled annotation to the title page of Volume I may indicate some discord between father and son: G.B,Sowerby and cont. (by) his son (G.B Sowerby Junr.)

CONDITION DETAILS

Wear to board edges, clean white pages with no foxing or staining.

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