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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 507

The Illustrated Book of the Dog.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[Dogs] Shaw, Vero. The Illustrated Book of the Dog. London/Paris/New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1881]. First edition. Later half red calf over marbled boards, spine elegantly stamped in gilt with red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, a.e.m. Illustrated with 28 chromolithographed plates including frontispiece, numerous wood-engraving. 4to. viii, 664pp. Spine ends gently rubbed, scant foxing mainly to front flyleaf gutter and margins of first few plates.