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LOT 3555
17th July 2024
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LOT 3555
SOWERBY, James. British Mineralogy: or Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain. London: R. Taylor & Co., 1804-1811. 4 vols. (only, of 5). 8vo (228 x 137mm.) 400 hand-coloured engraved plates, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guards, titles, indices to rear of each volume. (Toning, occasional light browning, first leaves up to C1 of volume IV loose.) Contemporary half calf to volumes ll-lV (spine lacking and boards detached to volume IV, upper cover of volume lll detached, worn), 20th century cloth-backed boards to volume l, paper label mounted to spine (endpapers replaced, finger-marks to spine). Note: a very influential source of information in the early study of geology. Sowerby drew all the plates from specimens in his collection and they were beautifully hand-coloured by himself and others (4).
Hammer price: £2,600
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