Christies: The Pierre S. duPont III Collection of Navigation, Voyages, Cartography and Literature of the Sea., 7324,

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Auction Date: October 08, 1991 - October 08, 1991

Page Size: 510 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
	WAGHENAER, LUCAS JANSZOON	Pars prima [---La deuxiesme partie] Du Miroir de la Navigation, de la Mer Occidentale, contenant toutes les costes de France, Espaigne, & la principale partie d'Angleterre, le tout comprins en plusieurs diverses Cartes Marines . . . par Lucas fils de Iean	Antwerp	1590	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	40,700.00
251	WAGHENAER, LUCAS JANSZOON	Pars prima [--La deuxiesme partie] Du Miroir de la Navigation, de la Mer Occidentale, contenant toutes les costes de France, Espaigne, & la principale partie d'Angleterre, le tout comprins en plusieurs diverses Cartes Marines ... par Lucas fils de lean Ch	Antwerp	1590	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	40,700.00
	WEBBER, JOHN	Views in the South Seas, from drawings by the Late James Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780. With letter-press, descriptive of the various scenery, &c. These plates form a New Series, and are of the	London	1808 [plates watermarked 1819]	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	14,300.00
252	WEBBER, JOHN	Views in the South Seas	London	1808, plates watermarked 1819	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	14,300.00
	WRIGHT, EDWARD	Certaine Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected . . . With many additions that were not in the former edition as appeareth in the next pages (---The Division of the Whole Art of Navigation [translated from R. Zamorano's Compendio, 1588]).	London	1610	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	5,280.00
253	WRIGHT, EDWARD	Certaine Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected ... With many additions that were not in the former edition as appeareth in the next pages (--The Division of the Whole Art of Navigation [translated from R. Zamorano's Compendio, 1588]).	London	1610	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	5,280.00
	WRIGHT, EDWARD	Certain Errors in Navigation. Detected and Corrected . . . With many Additions that were not in the former Editions.	London	1657	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	17,600.00
254	WRIGHT, EDWARD	Certain Errors in Navigation. Detected and Corrected ... With many Additions that were not in the former Editions.	London	1657	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	17,600.00
	WYSS, JOHANN DAVID	[Swiss Family Robinson]. The Family Robinson Crusoe: or, Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with his Wife and Children, on an Uninhabited Island. Translated from the German of M. Wiss [by William Godwin].	London	1814 and 1816	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,100.00
255	WYSS, JOHANN DAVID	Swiss Family Robinson. The Family Robinson Crusoe: or, Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with his Wife and Children, on an Uninhabited Island.	London	1814 and 1816	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,100.00

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