Lot 284
C. M. Scammon, The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America. San Francisco 1874.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
284
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Charles M. Scammon
Scammon, Charles M.: The Marine mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America, described and illustrated: Together with an account of the American Whale-Fishery. San Francisco / New York: John H. Carmany and Company. / G. P. Putnam`s Sons 1874. 29,9 x 23,4 cm. With XXV plates (I–XXVI). 319 pp., 1 blank page, V pp., 1 blank page, 1 blank leaf. Original green cloth binding with a gold-embossed sea lion vignette on the front cover. Gold-embossed title.
(Spine replaced. Cover illustration discoloured. Plate on p. 76 loose. Edges of the binding scuffed. Pages 83–86 loose.)
The library stamp ‘Mercantile Library New York’ appears on all plates and illustrations, both on the front and on the reverse. Plate XXV is a woodcut text block, not a separate plate as stated. It depicts whales, whaling scenes, equipment and ships.
(Spine replaced. Cover illustration discoloured. Plate on p. 76 loose. Edges of the binding scuffed. Pages 83–86 loose.)
The library stamp ‘Mercantile Library New York’ appears on all plates and illustrations, both on the front and on the reverse. Plate XXV is a woodcut text block, not a separate plate as stated. It depicts whales, whaling scenes, equipment and ships.