SHAW, GEORGE. Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807. London: George Kearsley, 1809. — FORE-EDGE PAINTING.

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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, San Francisco · 22 September 2014
Record ID: TB-2026-1960837
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Fore-edge Paintings., SHAW, GEORGE. Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807. London: George Kearsley, 1809. Bonhams, 22 Sep 2014, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1960837.

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Fore-edge Paintings., SHAW, GEORGE. Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807. London: George Kearsley, 1809. Bonhams, 22 Sep 2014, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1960837.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Sep 2014

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CICERO. Opera Ciceronis rhetorica, oratoria et forensia.... [BOUND WI…	—	$1,000–$1,500
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