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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Descrittione di tvtta Italia AuthorAlberti, LeandroHeadlineLeandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557PublisherPer Domenico de' FarrDate Published1557 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #11 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #19 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineFirst octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiecePublisherJ.J. Audubon, E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, and J.B. ChevalierDate Published1840-1844 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$33,243StatusSold Lot #33 The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine - annuals from 1837 and 1842 Heading(Botanical - Gardening)AuthorHarrison, JosephHeadlineIncludes William Cox's copy, eminent gardenerPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1837; 1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #34 The Illustrated Botany Heading(Botanical)AuthorComstock, J.L., editorHeadlineWith color litho plates, some hand-coloredDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #35 Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, ou Descriptions et Figures des Plantes les Plus Rares et les Plus Méritantes - Volume I Heading(Botanical)AuthorVan Houtte, LouisHeadlineVolume I of van Houtte's lovely botany seriesPublisherLouis van HoutteDate Published1845 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #42 Photograph portrait of Sir Richard F. Burton, explorer, as a young man, wearing a turban Heading(Burton, Richard Francis)HeadlinePhoto of young explorer Richard F. BurtonPublisherWarenhaus M. HirschDate PublishedImage c.1855 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #45 Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem... ou l'abrégé de son voyage à Jérusalem, en allant par la Grèce et revenant par l'Égypte, la Barbarie et l'Espagne; avec des notes utiles AuthorChateaubriand, François-RenéHeadlineFrom Paris to Jerusalem, 1813PublisherChez L. Deconchy, et al.Date Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #59 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #83 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlineFacsimile limited edition, one of 750 copiesPublisherNova PacificaDate Published1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #96 Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudHeadlineDeluxe facsimile of Birds of ParadisePublisherJohnson Reprint CorporationDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #110 L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais de l'an 1037 a l'an 1870 AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlineWith numerous Pochoir plates of French fashionPublisherEditions NilssonDate Published[1922-23] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #123 The Hindu Pantheon Heading(Hindu Mythology)AuthorMoor, EdwardHeadlinePantheon of Hindu Gods with over 100 platesPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1810 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #125 Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810 AuthorHobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron BroughtonHeadlineThrough Albania & Greece with Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #131 Four books from the series, "Of Things in the Past" Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese color woodblock prints c.1900Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #139 Journal of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineEdward Lear's travels and paintings in AlbaniaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #151 Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains. AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineEarly geological travel guide by MantellPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1847] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #159 The Botanic Garden Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain with Their Classification, History, Culture and Other Interesting Information AuthorMaund, BenjaminHeadlineFirst four volumes of Maund's Botanic GardenPublisherBaldwin, Cradock & Joy; Simpkin and MarshallDate Published1825-32 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #164 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #174 Select Views of London; With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings AuthorPapworth, John B.Headline76 aquatints of London 1816PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1816 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #201 Mycenæ; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineSchliemann in Mycenae, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #202 Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineScliemann at Tiryns, first American editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #218 Familiar Wild Birds AuthorSwaysland, W.HeadlineProfusely illustrated w/ full-page color platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Publishedc. 1883-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #231 Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video AuthorVidal, Emeric EssexHeadlineRare color plate book on Argentina 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,203StatusSold Lot #236 The Mansions of England. One Hundred and Forty-Six Coloured Engravings of County Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry. AuthorWestall, William, et al.HeadlineMansions of England 146 color platesPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c.1830s?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next