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LOT 2767
A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
1896 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (993 grams, 21.5 x 15 cm).
Thomas Nuttall - Vol.II Game and Water Birds - Boston, 1896, hardback with cloth covers, 431 pp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2767
A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
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Cut half Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers, some iridescence to the outer shell. 108 grams, 10.4 cm
From Madagascar. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Large Quantity of Polished Green Tourmaline Crystals
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Comprising variously shaped dark-coloured polished pebbles. 505 grams total, 6-11 mm
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