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Sotheby's, London [Published date: 2010]. Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh. Parts I-III. Three-volume auction catalog set for sales held 7 December 2010. Softcover, illustrated throughout with high-quality color plates; 27 cm. All
in very good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers with color illustration (Part I: Shakespeare First Folio; Part II: Audubon Gyrfalcons; Part III: Redoute Roses). Light edgewear, faint surface scuffing, and mild handling wear. Bindings tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Part I: 115 pp. Contents divided into Western manuscripts (lots 1-10); Printed books (lots 11-28); Natural history (lots 29-48); John Gould (lot 49). Part II: 47 pp. John James Audubon, The Birds of America (lot 50). Catalogue devoted entirely to Audubon's monumental ornithological work, including scholarly essays, provenance research, illustration history, and full-page reproductions of selected bird plates. Part III: 75 pp. Fifty-two original watercolour drawings on vellum for Pierre-Joseph Redoute's Les Roses (lots 51-91). Catalogue reproduces the original vellum drawings in full color, with commentary on Redoute's career, patrons, and the historical context of botanical illustration. Issued in conjunction with the sale of the property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh's Will Trust. Catalogues include detailed scholarly entries, provenance notes, bibliographic details, and extensive illustrations covering Western manuscripts, early printed books, natural history works, Audubon's Birds of America, and Redoute's Les Roses.