24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

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

 
  Lot 60
 

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Lee (Oswin A. J.). Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts, 1st edition, 1897-9

Lee (Oswin A. J.). Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts, 1st edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1897-9. 4 volumes, folio (377 x 262 mm), contemporary red half morocco, half-titles, wood-engraved title-pages, 160 photogravure plates (with tissue-guards in volume 4), morocco abraded in places, spotting to binder's blanks, volume 4 with marginal spotting to redstart plate and a few faint spots to margins elsewhere, bookplates of Eric Hosking (qty: 4)

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

Freeman 2199; Mullens & Swann p. 345; Zimmer p. 381.

'A series of splendid, full-page photogravures showing the nests and nesting sites of some 122 species of British birds' (Zimmer).

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

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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