Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 237

LYDEKKER, R. Animal Portraiture. With fifty studies in full colour reproduced from the original paintings.

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

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Lot 237
LYDEKKER, R. Animal Portraiture. With fifty studies in full colour reproduced from the original paintings.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. and New York: Brentano's, [1912]. First edition. Publisher's brown pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. 14 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; viii, [105] pp.; 50 mounted color plates, vignette title page, half-title. Extremities lightly bumped, cloth a little rubbed.
First edition of this beautifully illustrated work, depicting the Lion, the Nile Crocodile, the Abyssinian Green Monkey, the Somali Ostrich, the Senegal Parrot, and others. A lovely copy.


C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $150 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $200 - $300

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Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT