A 'Northern Sea Eagle' and 'Californian Woodpecker' are among the species depicted in the 50 hand-coloured plates that feature in John Cassin's Illustrations of The Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America that was published in 1865. A scarce copy is due to go under the hammer on Wednesday (July 1) at an online auction being conducted by Bonhams of Knightsbridge. The pre-sale estimate was that it could be expected to fetch between £400 and £700, but, as of 5pm today (Saturday), bidding had already reached £850.
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