24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
  Lot 45
 

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Butler (Arthur G.). Foreign Finches in Captivity, 1st edition, 1894

Butler (Arthur G.). Foreign Finches in Captivity, 1st edition, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1894. 4to, original red pictorial cloth gilt, pp. [4] viii [2] 332, 60 hand-coloured lithographic plates by F. W. Frohawk, all with tissue-guards, errata slip tipped to p. 29, bookplate of Eric Hosking, light rubbing to extremities, spine slightly faded, free endpapers browned, front inner hinge partially cracked, marginal spotting to plate facing p. 155 (Red-Faced Finch), very light spotting to margins of a few other plates (qty: 1)

THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)

Complete copies are notably uncommon. Groups depicted include tanagers, buntings, waxbills, mannikins, whydahs and weavers. The second edition (1899) was in a reduced format and had colour-printed plates.

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021

To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.

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