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Lot 90 · Fine Books and Manuscripts

An otter with a fish on a riverbank

George Earl

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Estimate
£2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,284–$4,926
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Fine Books and Manuscripts, London (South Kensington) · 28 October 1999
Record ID
TB-2026-6489835
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George Earl, An otter with a fish on a riverbank. Christie's, 28 Oct 1999, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6489835.

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George Earl, An otter with a fish on a riverbank. Christie's, 28 Oct 1999, lot 90. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6489835.

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE -- Les Mosqués de Samarcande . Fascicule I. St. … ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE -- Les Mosqués de Samarcande . Fascicule I. St. Petersburg: Expédition pour la confection des papiers d'état, 1905. Text in French and Russian. Elephant 2° (758 x 548mm). 18 chromolithographic plates after A. Shchusev, P. Poryshkin and A. Minenko. (Title with tear and marginal soiling, a few marginal clean tears to plates.) Loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers (front and back cover detached, tears).
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