373 of 548 lots
Lot Is Closed BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J. - Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889]
BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J. - Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889] - 1BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J. - Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889] - 2BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J. - Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889] - 3
373
BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J. - Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889]
Reserve not met
Estimate:
$200 - $300
Sold
$140
Timed Auction
186 Rare Books, Militaria, Maps, Historical Art
Description
BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS, J.
Twelve coloured lithographs from Birds of Australia [ca 1889]

They include:
Casuarius Bennetti [Mooruk]. Plate xlix; Notornis Mantelli [Moho] Plate vi; Apteryx Owenii Owen’s Apteryx; Apteryx Australis [kiwi kiwi] Plate xlvi; Grus Australasianus. Plate xxiv; Tellegallus Latham [Brush Turkey. plate lviii; Porphyrio Melanotus [Black Backed Porphyriio]. Plate xiii; Herodias Melanopus [Spotless Egret], Herodias Asha [Sombre Egret]. Plate xix; Sula Piscator [Redlegged Gannet] PLV; Numenius Cyanopus [Australian Curlew; Plate xxviii; Casuarius Uniappendiculatus [One carunculated Cassowary. Plate xlviii; Casuarius Australis [Australian Cassowary]. Plate xlvii.
All with the appropriate descriptive text from ‘The Birds of Australia’.
Tachyptes Minor [Small Frigate Bird] Plate x. Lacking the descriptive text.
355 x 270mm approximately, some light toning at margins, VG.