LOT 4124
2nd April 2025
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LOT 4124
MANTELL, Gideon. [The Fossils of the South Downs; or, Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex. London: Lupton Relfe, 1822.] Loose-leaf (267 x 367mm.) 36 aquatint plates [of 42] engraved by Mrs. Mantell, including 1 double-paged and 1 hand-coloured. (Browned, some chipping to margins.) Disbound. Note: includes a hand-written note from Arthur George Davis, palaeontologist, which reads: ‘These proof plates were once in Mantell’s possession. I have some with his alterations. I send you these as many are not represented in Dixon’s 2nd Ed. Further, as I have no use for them they are best returned to Sussex’. Provenance: Gideon Mantell, geologist; Arthur George Davis, palaeontologist (loosely inserted note).
Estimate: £100 – £150
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