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365 - Bauer (Ferdinand) Natural History Drawings, taken from the Zoological Specimens collected on the First Circumnavigation of Australia by Matthew Flinders, Commander HMS Investigator, 1801-1803, limited edition, in facsimile, 1 of 10 hors commerce copies, from an edition limited to 50, 46 lithographed colour plates, blindstamped and hand-numbered in pencil, tissue guards, list of plates, near-fine generally, disbound (as published) and house in cloth solander case, slightly bumped and marked, folio, Alecto Historical Editions in association with the Natural History Museum, 1997.
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Bauer (Ferdinand) Natural History Drawings, taken from the Zoological Specimens collected on the First Circumnavigation of Australia by Matthew Flinders, Commander HMS Investigator, 1801-1803, limited edition, in facsimile, 1 of 10 hors commerce copies, from an edition limited to 50, 46 lithographed colour plates, blindstamped and hand-numbered in pencil, tissue guards, list of plates, near-fine generally, disbound (as published) and house in cloth solander case, slightly bumped and marked, folio, Alecto Historical Editions in association with the Natural History Museum, 1997. *** A scarce and beautifully produced facsimile edition of Bauer's zoological drawings, including colour plates of various animals including platypuses, parrots, wombats, wallabies, and more. It is thought that Bauer made 2,060 field drawings during the HMS Investigator voyage - of these the Natural History Museum holds 252 botanical and only 49 zoological finished watercolours.
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