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Nutcracker. HUGE SELBY ENGRAVING.

Selby, Prideaux John (illus).
[London]. [Bohn]. 1841.
Atlas folio engraving with handcolor, image area approx 15 x 11 1/2 inches on wove paper 26 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches. Pinholes at corners, multiple short edge tears up to 1 inch, 1/4 inch chip to left lower edge, binding holes to left edge (all of the above well outside image area); scattered light marks, some in image area; white tape from hinging in short sections along left and right edges of verso; overall very good condition. Plate XXXIII from the 1841 edition of Plates to Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology. Item #56844

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