Howard, John Eliot. Illustrations Of The Nueva Quinologia Of Pavon. 1862. First Edition. Auction
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HOWARD, John Eliot. Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon. 1862. FIRST EDITION.
HOWARD, John Eliot. Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon. 1862. FIRST EDITION.
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HOWARD, John Eliot (1807-1883). Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon. London: Lovell Reeve, 1862.

Folio (508 x 368 mm). Half-title; 30 hand-colored engraved plates after Walter Hood Fitch. (Some spotting.) Original half olive morocco gilt, gilt-lettered upper cover (extremities rubbed, hinges completely cracked and contents sprung).

FIRST EDITION. This work is based on a manuscript by Jose Pavon (1754-1840), the Spanish explorer and botanist, which Howard purchased with specimens of barks from Pavon's collection in 1858. Fitch's drawings were made from Pavon's specimens in the Royal Museum at Madrid. Nissen, BBI 942.
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HOWARD, John Eliot. Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon. 1862. FIRST EDITION.

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