Ending 2nd Nov, 2025 18:00
Books, Manuscripts and Maps
85
BUTTERWORTH, Elizabeth (ill); LOW, Rosemary: Amazon Parrots.
Rodolphe d'Erlanger, The Basilisk Press, 1983, Limited Edition No. 234 of 515 copies, signed by Butterworth and Low. Mounted coloured frontispiece and 27 mounted coloured plates by Elizabeth Butterworth, original red silk-covered boards, and solander box with paper title-piece to spine. Folio (46.5x37 cm); loose paper slip explaining the binding; loosely inserted the book's publicity, 5pp plus a loosely inserted colour plate. Very Good.
Provenance : From the library of a gentleman.
£300 - £500
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Auction: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, ending 2nd Nov, 2025
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