Bloomsbury Auctions: Travel, Natural History and Colour Plate Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Travel, Natural History and Colour Plate Books | Total Sales (GBP) | 67,574.00 |
| Auction Date | October 27, 2016 - October 27, 2016 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 50,830.00 |
| Sale Number | #36232 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 73,820.00 |
| Total Lots | 190 | ||
| Sold Lots | 97 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 130,760.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 51.05% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 187,090.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 93 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.12% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Stedman (Charles) | The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the... |
GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 5,580.00 | |
| 278 | Horsbrugh (James) | Album of watercolours and drawings of Mediterranean, Scottish and Grand Tour interest, |
c.1840-50 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,472.00 |
| 331 | Scott | The Voyage of the 'Discovery' , 2 vol., first edition |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,728.00 | |
| 376 | Wit (Frederick de) | Nova Orbis Tabula, In Lucem Edita, |
c.1680 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,480.00 |
| 300 | Cartier-Bresson (Henri) | Beautiful Jaipur, |
1948 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,232.00 |
| 342 | Stedman | Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted... |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,232.00 | |
| 400 | Curtis (John) | British Entomology; |
1824-39 | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,108.00 |
| 399 | Wawra (Heinrich) | Botanische Ergebnisse der Reise Seiner Majestat Des Kaisers Von Mexico Maximilian I. nach Brasilien, |
1866 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,984.00 |
| 265 | Convict Artists.- Preston (Walter) | Newcastle, in New South Wales, with a distant View of Point Stephen, |
1812 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,860.00 |
| 373 | Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Laurent Fries | Tabu Nova Orbis, |
1522 or later | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,860.00 |
| 377 | Blacker (William) | Art of Angling, and Complete System of Fly Making, first edition |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,860.00 | |
| 396 | Porta (Giovanni Battista) | Phytognomonica, |
1588 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,736.00 |
| 357 | Blaeu (Willem) | Mappa aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas, |
c.1635 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,488.00 |
| 394 | L'Heritier de Brutelle (Charles) | Geraniologia, |
1787-88 1792 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,488.00 |
| 251 | Girardet (Paul) | Washington Crossing the Delaware |
1853 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,240.00 |
| 372 | Ortelius (Abraham) and Philippe Galle | Tiipus orbis Terrarum [with verso] Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio, |
1585 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,240.00 |
| 243 | Speke (John Hanning) | What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the NIle, |
1864 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,178.00 |
| 370 | Maschenbauer (Johann Andreas Erdmann) | Der curiose und in allen nothigen Wissenschafften Nutzliche... |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,178.00 | |
| 363 | Hawkesworth (John) | Carte et Figures des Voyages entreprise par ordre de sa Majeste Britannique, |
1774 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,116.00 |
| 312 | Tamahiro (Shimomura) | Genji-buri, |
1906 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 992.00 |
| 348 | Chishull (Edmund) | Travels in Turkey and Back to England, |
1747 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 992.00 |
| 391 | Edwards (Sydenham) | The New Flora Britannica... |
1812 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 992.00 |
| 219 | Logan (James) | The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, |
1845-1847 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 930.00 |
| 325 | Fries (Lorenz) | Tabu. Nova Asiae Mi.; Asiae Tabula quinta continentur Assyria, Media, Sustana, Persis, Parthia .., |
c.1535-40 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 682.00 |
| 397 | Speechly (William) | A Treatise of on the Culture of the Vine... |
1790 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 682.00 |
