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Mossgreen: The Martin Copley Collection of Important Natural History and Voyages and Travels

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Auction Name The Martin Copley Collection of Important Natural History and Voyages and Travels Total Sales (AUD) 2,337,441.60
Auction Date October 22, 2017 - October 22, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 1,376,350.00
Sale Number #159MG High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 1,712,000.00
Total Lots 127
Sold Lots 120 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 1,438,150.00
% of Lots Sold 94.49% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 1,789,900.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
37 GOULD, John.

The birds of Australia.

1840-69. AUD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 AUD 446,400.00
42 GOULD, John.

The mammals of Australia.

1843-63. AUD 120,000.00 - 140,000.00 AUD 272,800.00
25 DARWIN, Charles, editor.

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836.

1839-43. AUD 120,000.00 - 140,000.00 AUD 198,400.00
38 GOULD, John.

The birds of Asia.

1850-83. AUD 120,000.00 - 140,000.00 AUD 162,000.00
39 GOULD, John and SHARPE, Richard Bowdler.

The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia.

1875-88. AUD 120,000.00 - 140,000.00 AUD 148,800.00
107 [THEVENOT, Melchisedec, editor].

Relations de divers voyages curieux.

1672 AUD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 AUD 148,800.00
26 DARWIN, Charles and WALLACE, Alfred R.

On the tendency of species to form varieties.

1858 AUD 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 AUD 136,400.00
93 SHAW, George.

Zoology of New Holland. Vol. 1 [all published].

1793-94. AUD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 AUD 136,400.00
87 [PURRY, Jean-Pierre].

Mémoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts [and] Second mémoire sur le Pais des Cafres et la Terre de Nuyts.

1718 AUD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 AUD 86,800.00
36 GOULD, John.

The birds of Australia and the adjacent islands.

1837-38. AUD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 AUD 80,600.00
64 KING, Captain Philip Parker, FITZROY, Captain Robert and DARWIN, Charles.

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing the examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle’s circumnavigation of the globe.

1839 AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 64,480.00
31 FLINDERS, Matthew.

A voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for completing the discovery of that vast continent, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803.

1814 AUD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 AUD 57,040.00
43 GOULD, John.

A synopsis of the birds of Australia.

1837-38. AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 AUD 42,160.00
110 VANCOUVER, Captain George.

A voyage of discovery to the northern Pacific Ocean and round the world... performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 in the Discovery, sloop of war, and armed tender, Chatham.

1798 AUD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 AUD 32,240.00
119 WHITE, John.

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales.

1790 AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 AUD 29,760.00
20 DALE, Lieutenant Robert.

Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George’s Sound and the adjacent country.

1834 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 27,280.00
109 VALENTYN, Francois.

Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien.

1724-26. AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 AUD 27,280.00
51 HARRIS, John, editor.

Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels...

1744-48. AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 23,560.00
29 D’ENTRECASTEAUX, J.-A. Bruny.

Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse.

1807-08. AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 AUD 19,840.00
85 PERON, François and FREYCINET, Louis de.

Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes... pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804.

1807-16. AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 AUD 18,600.00
83 OWEN, Richard.

Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia.

1877 AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 17,360.00
16 HAWKESWORTH, John, editor.

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis and Captain Cook... drawn up from the journals whic

 1773 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 11,780.00
22 DAMPIER, William.

A new voyage round the world... [With] Vol. II. Voyages and discoveries in three parts. [With] Vol. III. A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699... [With] A continuation of a voyage to New Holland, &c.

1703-09. AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 AUD 11,160.00
68 LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.-H. de.

Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse... pendant les années 1791, 1792, [1793 and 1794].

1800 AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 AUD 9,300.00
105 SWEET, Robert.

Flora Australasica; or, a selection of handsome or curious plants, natives of New Holland and the South Sea Islands, containing figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse.

1827-28. AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 AUD 7,440.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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