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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$625StatusSold Lot #10 Nineteen Anatomical Illustrations, Framed and Unframed Heading(Anatomy)HeadlineLot of 19 Anatomical IllustrationsPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold 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$1,875StatusSold Lot #12 Birds of the Pacific Slope Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGrayson, Andrew JacksonHeadlineThe Audubon of the West from Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #27 Fruits of the World in Danger AuthorBaxter, GlennHeadlineGlen Baxter's 1st book signed 1/26PublisherGotham Book MartDate Published1974 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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$625StatusSold 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 #49 The Laws of Contrast of Colour: And Their Application to the Arts AuthorChevreul, Michel EugèneHeadlineA classic work on color theory, 1857PublisherG. Routledge & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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$1,250StatusSold 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$312.50StatusSold Lot #92 Diderot, Encyclopedia: the Complete Illustrations, 1762-1777 AuthorDiderot, DenisHeadlineComplete Diderot Illustrations 5 vols.PublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #99 Römische Studien AuthorFernow, Carl LudwigHeadlineGerman archaeologist studies Rome, 1806-08PublisherBei H. GessnerDate Published1806-1808 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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$687.50StatusSold 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$406.25StatusSold 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$406.25StatusSold 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$468.75StatusSold Lot #150 The Magazine of Art - 1890-1904 Heading(The Magazine of Art)HeadlineThe Magazine of Art, 15 years in 16 volumesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published1890-1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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$200StatusSold Lot #163 Dell'arte Di Vedere Nelle Belle Arti Del Disegno Secondo I Principii Di Sulzer E Di Mengs - Opera AuthorMilizia, FrancescoHeadlineFrancesco Militia on drawing 1798PublisherNella stamperia di Pietro Qm. Gio. Batta PasqualiDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 Explication des ouvrages de peinture, et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans, exposés au Muséum central des arts d'après l'arrête ́du Ministre de l'Intérieur, le 15 fructidor, an VIII de la République Franc̜aise Heading(Musée du Louvre)HeadlineLouvre during Napoleon's reignPublisherImpr. des sciences et artsDate PublishedAn VIII [1800] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #168 Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivans, exposés au Musée Royal le 5 mars 1840 Heading(Musée du Louvre)HeadlineExhibit at the Louvre, 1840PublisherVinchon, imprimeur du Musées royauxDate Published1840 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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$2,500StatusSold Lot #191 Portraits of the Most Celebrated Painters of All the Schools: With a Memoir of Their Lives and a Short Notice of Their Most Celebrated Works. Heading(Portraits...)HeadlineCelebrated Painter Portraits 1827PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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$1,000StatusSold 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$237.50StatusSold Lot #230 Two Anatomical Plates from Vesalius's De Humani Corporis AuthorVesalius, AndreasHeadlineAnatomical Plates from VesaliusDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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$6,875StatusSold 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$937.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next