1843 Zoology Of York, Mollusca & Crustacea, 53 Hand Colored Lithographs
Item History & Price
Please note: We are listing 15 different volumes in this series today. Please check our other auctions for them.
Natural History of New York, Part I. Zoology of New York, or the New-York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part V. - Mollusca | Part VI. - Crustacea. By Jame E.... De Kay. Albany: Carroll and Cook Printers to the Assembly. 1843
The six volumes of the Zoology series are No. 3520 in Plum, Adirondack Bibliography and comprise the earliest comprehensive descriptions of animals found in the Adirondack region (it is the first listing in chronological order).
Large hardcover volume in black buckram, stamped in blind & gilt, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, all joints and hinges tight, top of backstrip pulled with 1” tear at center. Part V. - (viii.), 271 pp.; Part VI. - (vi.), 70 pp., followed by 40 hand-colored plates of mollusca and 13 hand-colored plates of crustacea.
One of the better hand-colored plate series of the set. Really nice.
Natural History of New York, Part I. Zoology of New York, or the New-York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part V. - Mollusca | Part VI. - Crustacea. By Jame E.... De Kay. Albany: Carroll and Cook Printers to the Assembly. 1843
The six volumes of the Zoology series are No. 3520 in Plum, Adirondack Bibliography and comprise the earliest comprehensive descriptions of animals found in the Adirondack region (it is the first listing in chronological order).
Large hardcover volume in black buckram, stamped in blind & gilt, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, all joints and hinges tight, top of backstrip pulled with 1” tear at center. Part V. - (viii.), 271 pp.; Part VI. - (vi.), 70 pp., followed by 40 hand-colored plates of mollusca and 13 hand-colored plates of crustacea.
One of the better hand-colored plate series of the set. Really nice.
