Christies: Printed Books Natural History, Travel and Atlases, a few Engravings and Manuscripts. From various sources, which will be sold at Auction by CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS. I. O. CHANCE, J. A. FLOYD, A. G. GRIMWADE, GUY HANNEN, M.C., THE HON. PATRICE LINDSAY, Mar311971,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 31, 1971 - March 31, 1971
Page Size: 232 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Arago (Jacques) Narrative of a Voyage round the World, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet

1823

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2 Back (Capt. George) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River

1836

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3 Back (Capt. George) Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror

1838

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4 Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran, Arabs

1867

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5 Barrow (Sir John): Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions ....

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6 Burnaby (Rev. Andrew) Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America

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7 Chapman (Abel) and Walter J. Buck: Wild Spain ....

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8 Children (Anna) 'Original Drawings of Lamarck's Genera of Shells'

c. 1830

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9 Curtis (Chas. M.): Articulata Arctica ....

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10 Curtis (John) British Entomology

1824-1839

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11 Cuvier (Baron G. L. C.) The Animal Kingdom

1834-37

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12 Dillwyn (Lewis Weston) British Confervoe

1809

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13 Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects

1804-1793-1813

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14 Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies

1793

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15 Franklin (Capt. John) Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea

1829

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16 Halford (Frederic M.) Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice

1889

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17 Kelson (Geo. M.) The Salmon Fly: How to dress it and how to use it

1895

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18 Kinglake (Alexander William) Eothen

1844

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19 Laborde (Leon de): Journey through Arabia Petraea ....

USD - Unknown
20 Lindley (John): An Introduction to Botany ....

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21 Mackintosh (Alexander) The Driffield Angler Gainsborough

n.d. [1806]

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22 Montagu (George) Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds

1802-1813

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23 Penn (Richard): Maxims and Hints for an Angler ....

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24 Pernety (Antoine Joseph) The History of a Voyage to the Malouine

1773

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25 Ronalds (Alfred): The Fly-Fisher's Entomology ....

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26 Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North-West Passage

1835

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27 Samouelle (George): The Entomological Cabinet ....

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28 Sowerby (James) Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

1797-1803

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29 Tuckey (Capt. J. K.) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire

1818

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30 Yarrell (William): A History of British Fishes ....

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31 Anburey (Thomas): Travels through the Interior Parts of America. .. by an Officer ....

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32 Birkbeck (Morris) Notes on a Journey in America. .. Virginia to the Territory of Illinois ...

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33 Cary (John) New and Correct English Atlas

1809

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34 Cook (Capt. James) and Capt. James King A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

1785-86

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35 Curtis (William) and others The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed ...

1793-1807

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36 Gerarde (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes ...

1636

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37 Graves (George): The Naturalist's Pocket-Book ....

USD - Unknown
38 Hodges (William) Travels in India

1793

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39 Horneman (Frederick) The Journal of. . . Travels, from Cairo to Mourzouk

1802

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40 King (Edward) Remarks concerning Stones said to have fallen from the Clouds

1796

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41 La Perouse (J. F. G. de) A Voyage Round the World

1798

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42 Moffat (Robert): Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa ....

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43 Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl

1864

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44 Park (Mungo) The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa

1815

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45 Parkinson (Richard) A Tour in America

1805

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46 Plinius Secundus (Caius) The Historie of the World

1601

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47 Ray (John) A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages

1693

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48 Sparrmann (Andreas) A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope Perth

1789

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49 Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of An Embassy

1798

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50 Stolberg (Frederic Leopold, Count) Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily

1796-97

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51 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OP GREAT BRITAIN ...

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52 REDOUTE (PIERRE-JOSEPH) LES ROSES. . . Decrites par C. A. Thorry [sic.] Paris

1824 [-1826]

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53 Redoute (Pierre-Joseph) Roses, Selected and introduced by Eva Mannering

1954

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54 Andrews (H. C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths

1802-1805

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55 Couch (Jonathan) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands

1862-65

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56 Curtis (John) British Entomology ....

USD - Unknown
57 Curtis (William), John Sims and others The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed

1793-1848

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58 Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine

Jan.-Dec, 1839

 USD - Unknown
59 Forbes (Edward) and Sylvanus Hanley A History of British Mollusca

1853

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60 Hussey (Mrs. T. J.) Illustrations of British Mycology

1847

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61 Johnstone (William Grosart) and Alexander Croall: The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds ....

USD - Unknown
62 Lilford (T. L. Powys, Lord) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands

1885-1897

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63 Lindley (John) Digitalium Monographia

1821

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64 Loddiges (Conrad & Sons) The Botanical Cabinet

1818-1833

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65 Lowe (Edward Joseph) and W. Howard Beautiful Leaved Plants

n.d.

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66 Lowe (E. J.) Ferns: British and Exotic

USD - Unknown
67 Lowe (E. J.): A Natural History of British Grasses ....

USD - Unknown
68 Moggridge (J. Traherne) Contributions to the Flora of Mentone

1874

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69 Morris (Rev. F. O.): A Natural History of British Moths ....

USD - Unknown
70 Schlechtendal (D. F. L. von), L. E. Langethal and Ernst Schenk Flora von Deutschland

1880-1887

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71 Sowerby (James) British Mineralogy

1804-1817

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72 Sowerby (James) Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

1797-1803

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73 Sowerby (James) English Botany

1790-1814

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74 Sowerby (John E.): The Ferns of Great Britain ....

USD - Unknown
75 Twining (Elizabeth) Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants

1868

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76 Willmott (Ellen) The Genus Rosa

1914

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77 Wooster (David) Alpine Plants

1874

 USD - Unknown
78 Curtis (William) and others The Botanical Magazine

1793-1817

 USD - Unknown
79 EDWARDS (JOHN) THE BRITISH HERBAL

1770

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80 Newcastle (William Cavendish, Duke of) A General System of Horsemanship in all it's Branches ....

1743

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81 Sowerby (James) and James Edward Smith English Botany; or Coloured Figures of British Plants

1790-1814

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82 White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & A Garden Kalendar

1900

 USD - Unknown
83 ALBIN (ELEAZAR) A NATURAL HISTORY OP BIRDS

1738-1740

 USD - Unknown
84 Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of English Insects

1749

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85 Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects

1736

 USD - Unknown
86 EDWARDS (GEORGE) A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS

1743-47,50-51

 USD - Unknown
87 Curtis (William) Lectures on Botany

1805

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88 Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects

1792-1813

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89 Curtis (William) and others Greenhouse Plants & Shrubs. The Botanical Magazine ....

USD - Unknown
90 HERBIER GENERAL DE L'AMATEUR, CONTENANT LA DESCRIPTION, L'HISTOIRE, LES PROPRIETES ET LA CULTURE DES VEGETAUX UTILES ET AGREABLES Paris

[1810-] 1816-1827

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91 Lindley (John) and William Hutton The Fossil Flora of Great Britain

1831-33, 1833-5, 1837

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92 Lowe (Edward Joseph) Beautiful Leaved Plants

[1859-]1864

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93 Moggridge (J. Traherne) Contributions to the Flora of Mentone

1864

 USD - Unknown
94 Puydt (Paul Emile de) Les Orchidees, Histoire Iconographique Paris

1880

 USD - Unknown
95 Drury (Dru) Illustrations of Exotic Entomology

1837

 USD - Unknown
96 Hill (John) A General Natural History

1751

 USD - Unknown
97 CURTIS (WILLIAM) and others The Botanical Magazine

1790-1810

 USD - Unknown
98 WIGHT (ROBERT) ICONES PLANTARUM INDIAE ORIENTALIS Madras

[1838-]1853

 USD - Unknown
99 AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES LAFOREST) THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, from drawings made in the United States, and their Territories New York and Philadelphia

1840-1844

 USD - Unknown
100 SWEET (ROBERT) FLORA AUSTRALASICA; or, a selection of Handsome

1827-1828

 USD - Unknown
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