[Rarebooks] FS: De Kay's BIRDS OF NEW YORK with 141 hand-colored lithographs, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $400 NET

DE KAY, James [HAND-COLORED PLATES]. NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 
ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK, OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA.... PART II. BIRDS. Albany: 
Carroll & Cook, 1844. First Edition. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") bound in 
publisher's gilt-decorated cloth. Illustrated with an engraved title 
page and 141 hand-colored lithographs of birds, mostly two per image, 
and containing "detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto 
observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those 
occasionally found near its borders." One of only 300 copies where the 
plates were colored. Nearly all of the plates are bright and clean, but 
a few have ragged edges. The first two plates are the worst, with the 
first trimmed with tears and the second with some staining. Spine badly 
worn, covers detached, text block cracked with many plates loose. A 
Good, complete set of these plates. (#017496)        $600.00

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