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Lot 34

Strickland H. E and Melville A. G. (1848). The Dodo and its Kindred

This legendary and very rare book was the first published on the subject of the dodo and the accuracy of the information contained has never been surpassed. The wonderful lithographic illustrations remain the best ever published and there is a hand-coloured frontispiece

Estimate: £1,400 - £1,600
Hammer price: £1,500
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Further lots from the Ralfe Whistler Dodo collection include -

Lots 28-41 (24th September auction)

Lots 237-304 (25th September sealed bid auction)


Natural history

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