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Lot 120
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
65 Sharp Street
Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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Four Volumes of John C. Phillips' A Natural History of the Ducks
John Charles Phillips (1876-1938), "A Natural History of the Ducks." Vols. I, II, III, and IV, Boston: The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1922. First edition. Illustrated by Frank W. Benson (1862–1951), Allan Brooks (1869–1946), Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874–1927), and other renowned artists of the day. The set includes over 70 full-color plates, 100 black-and-white plates, and more than 100 maps.
Dr. John Charles Phillips, of Boston and Beverly, was a renowned author, a doctor, a decorated World War I veteran, a conservationist, and an explorer who is credited with identifying many species previously unknown to science. In addition, he was one of decoy carver A. E. Crowell’s most important patrons. Phillips' waterfowl opus,"A Natural History of the Ducks," is an exhaustive, unsurpassed study based on his world travels. Phillips would go on to publish over two hundred books and articles in his lifetime on a wide variety of subjects.Please email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com. Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.Condition
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