Catalogue of a Valuable Private Library of English and American Books... including Robert's Holy Land...Audubon's Quadrupeds...Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornaments to be sold at Auction on Tuesday Afternoon, April 24th, 1860 by Bangs, Merwin & Co...Nos. 594 and 596 Broadway...
New York: C. C. Shelley, 1860. Paperback. A pre-Civil War book auction in New York of 329 items including "COOK'S VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, maps and numerous engravings on wood and steel 2 vols royal 8vo cloth". Also includes a good selection of books on natural history, including Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America; Meyer's British Birds and their Eggs; Sowerby's Conchological Illustrations; Humphrey's Butterfly Vivarium; Cassin, Birds of America; Cuvier's Animal Kingdom. Books in the illustrated travel category include Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico, 9 vols imperial folio; Roberts Holy Lands; Wild's Foreign & English Cathedrals; Mariana's History of Spain, 10 vols, Madrid 1794; Martin's China, Political, Commercial and Social; Eton's Survey of the Turkish Empire; numerous Murray's Travel Guides. Catlin's North American Indians is tucked amongst the entries as well. Back wrapper a trifle dusty o/w very good condition. 8vo, 16pp, self wrappers, sewn. Item #14526
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