Fine books, color plate books
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: Salce code: 2773

Including first editions of Audubon's Octavo 'Birds of America', Pyne's 'Royal residences', Adam's 'Panidochème ou toutes sortes de voitures', Vidal's 'Picturesque illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'; jeweled, miniature-inlaid, other fine bindings; extra-illustrated works including Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Paris, 1768-71, with engravings after eighteenth century French illustrators, and over 160 additional engraved plates; first editions of American and British authors, including a presentation copy of H.L. Menkin's first book 'Ventures into verse', first editions of the novels of Jane Austen, in full polished calf; sets of standard authors in leather bindings; from various owners including Mrs. George Parks, Kingston, Rhode Island.

Date of sale: December 3, 1968.

Price list tipped in.

Place of auction: New York.