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
101 Butler (Captain Henry) South African Sketches: illustrative of The Wild Life of a Hunter on the Frontier of The Cape Colony

1841

 USD - Unknown
102 Dykes (William Rickatson) The Genus Iris

1913

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103 LAHONTAN (LOUIS ARMAND, Baron de) NEW VOYAGES TO NORTHAMERICA

1703

 USD - Unknown
104 Latham (John) A General History of Birds Winchester

1821-1824

 USD - Unknown
105 [HAYES (WILLIAM) A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS]

USD - Unknown
106 Hooker (Sir Joseph Dalton) The Rhododendrons of Sikkim Himalaya

1849

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107 Millais (Sir John Guille) Rhododendrons

1917

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108 Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects

1792-1813

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109 Maund (Benjamin) The Botanic Garden

1825 [-1835]

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110 Meager (Leonard) The English Gardener: or, A Sure guide to young Planters and Gardeners

1683

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111 Thackeray (W. M. "M. A. Titmarsh") Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

1846

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112 Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia Philadelphia

1788

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113 Morris (Rev. F. O.) A History of British Birds

1870

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114 Meyer (Henry Leonard) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their eggs

1842-1857

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115 Ravenscroft (Edward) The Pinetum Britannicum Edinburgh

1884

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116 RIDINGER (JOHANN ELIAS) VOLLKOMMENE UND GRUNDLICHE VORSTELLUNGEN DER VORTRESSLICHEN FURSTEN-LUST ODER DER EDLEN JAGTBARKEIT Augsburg

1729

 USD - Unknown
117 Back (Captain G.) Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror

1838

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118 Du Vivier (Jean) Le Jardin de Hollande plante & garni de Fleurs Leyden

1714

 USD - Unknown
119 Gilpin (William S.) Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening

1770

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120 Gilpin (William) Remarks on Forest Scenery

1791

 USD - Unknown
121 Gilpin (William) Three Essays

1794

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122 Hirschfeld (C. C. L.) Theorie de l'Art des Jardins, traduit de l'Allemand Leipzig

1779-1785

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123 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON: TRANSACTIONS ....

USD - Unknown
124 Linnaeus (Sir Charles) A Selection of the Correspondence

1821

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125 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

[1862-]1873

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126 Maund (Benjamin) The Botanic Garden

1825-1841

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127 Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds

1841

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128 Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds

USD - Unknown
129 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA

[1840-]1869

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130 THORBURN (ARCHIBALD) Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland

1923

 USD - Unknown
131 Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds

1931-1926

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132 [Johnson (Theo)] Illustrations of British Hawk Moths, and their Larvae

1874

 USD - Unknown
133 Johnson (Theo) Illustrations of British Butterflies P.P.

1878

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134 Stubbs (George) The Anatomy of the Horse

1766

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135 EGYPT. DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE

USD - Unknown
136 FALDA (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) LE FONTANE DI ROMA Rome

[1691]

 USD - Unknown
137 FORBIN (LOUIS, Comte de) VOYAGE DANS LE LEVANT en 1817 et 1818 Paris

1819

 USD - Unknown
138 Laborde (Leon de) Voyage de L'Arabie Petree Paris

1830

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139 La Gueriniere (Francois-Robichon de) Ecole de Cavalerie Paris

1733

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140 PERELLE (GABRIEL, NICOLAS and ADAM): LES PLACES ....

USD - Unknown
141 ROBERTS (DAVID) THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA

USD - Unknown
142 Strabo: Geographie de Strabon, traduite du grec en francais Paris

An XIII 1805-1819

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143 MERIAN (MATTHIAS) TOPOGRAPHIA ITALIAE, Das ist Warhaffte und Curiose Beschreibung von ganz Italien Frankfurt

1688

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144 MERIAN (MATTHIAS) TOPOGRAPHIA SAXONIAE INFERIORIS Das ist Beschreibung der Vornehmsten Statte unnd Platz in dem hochl: Ki. der Sachss: Crayss.

USD - Unknown
145 BOYDELL (JOHN & JOSIAH) AN HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES

1794-1796

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146 BURY (THOMAS TALBOT) [SIX COLOURED VIEWS OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY]

USD - Unknown
147 cox (DAVID) THE CITY OF BATH Rathbone Place

Jan. 1st, 1820

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148 FOUQUET (P.) AMSTERDAM. NIEUWE ATLAS, VAN DE VOOR-NAAMSTE GEBOUWEN EN GEZIGTEN DER STAD AMSTERDAM Amsterdam

1783

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149 EGYPT. DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE Paris

1809-1822

 USD - Unknown
150 The Representation and Petition of the Council-General of the Indian and African Company to the Parliament Edinburgh

1700

 USD - Unknown
151 BARLAEUS (CASPAR) RERUM PER OCTENNIUM IN BRASILIA ET ALIBI NUPER GESTARUM

USD - Unknown
152 Coronelli (Vicenzo) Epitome Cosmografica Venice

1713

 USD - Unknown
153 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM; Parergon [Antwerp]

[1595]

 USD - Unknown
154 Ortelius (Abraham) Parergon, sive veteris geograpiae [sic] aliquot tabulae [Antwerp]

[1609]

 USD - Unknown
155 Willis (N. P.) and W. H. Bartlett Canadian Scenery Illustrated

1842

 USD - Unknown
156 Abbey (J. R.) Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 P.P.

1953

 USD - Unknown
157 Abbey (J. R.) Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography P.P.

1952

 USD - Unknown
158 Abbey (J. R.) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J. R. Abbey P.P.

1956-57

 USD - Unknown
158A Legends of Australia Sydney

[1842]

 USD - Unknown
159 REED (JOHN) To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania this Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia Philadelphia

n.d. [1774]

 USD - Unknown
160 Arrowsmith (Aaron) Map of England and Wales

1815

 USD - Unknown
161 Bowen (Emanuel) A Complete System of Geography

1747

 USD - Unknown
162 Cary (John) Cary's New English Atlas

1814

 USD - Unknown
163 Dunn (Samuel) A New Atlas of the Mundane System; or, of Geography and Cosmography

1788

 USD - Unknown
164 Greenwood (Charles and John) Atlas of the Counties of England

1829-1834

 USD - Unknown
165 Moll (Herman) A New & Correct Map of the Whole World

1719

 USD - Unknown
166 Norie (J. W.) The Complete British and Irish Coasting Pilot

1830

 USD - Unknown
167 Whittle (James) and Richard Holmes Laurie A New and Elegant Sheet Atlas

1814

 USD - Unknown
168 Court Game of Geography: A Complete deck of 52 cards illustrated with hand-coloured maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas [London]

[c. 1820]

 USD - Unknown
169 The Seat of War in New England 'A Map of Rome'

2nd September 1775

 USD - Unknown
170 Cook (Capt. James): First, Second and Third Voyages ....

USD - Unknown
171 Wallis (James) An Historical Account of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements]

[1821]

 USD - Unknown
172 LOPEZ DE VARGAS MACHUCA (TOMAS) ATLAS GEOGRAPHICO DE ESPANA Madrid

v.y. [1761-1789]

 USD - Unknown
173 South Polar Times

1907

 USD - Unknown
174 Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages

1773

 USD - Unknown
175 Nichols (Philip) Sir Francis Drake Revived: Calling upon this Dull or Effeminate Age, to folowe his Noble Steps for Golde & Silver

1626

 USD - Unknown
176 Bertius (Petrus) Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Quinque Amsterdam

1602

 USD - Unknown
177 KITCHEN (THOMAS) and others General Atlas, describing the whole Universe

1800

 USD - Unknown
178 Walker (John and Charles) British Atlas ....

1837

 USD - Unknown
179 GUERARD (EUGENE Von) AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES Melbourne, Victoria

n.d.

 USD - Unknown
180 ANGAS (GEORGE FRENCH) SOUTH AUSTRALIA ILLUSTRATED

1847

 USD - Unknown
181 Bligh (William) Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship 'Bounty', and the Subsequent Voyage of part of the Crew in the Ship's Boat from Tofoa to Timor

1790

 USD - Unknown
182 Dalrymple (Alexander) An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean

1769-1771

 USD - Unknown
183 Hunter (John) Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

1793

 USD - Unknown
184 Johnston (Lt.-Col. George) Proceedings of a General Court-Martial on a Charge of Mutiny

1811

 USD - Unknown
185 Leichhardt (Dr. Ludwig) Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington

1847

 USD - Unknown
186 Parker (Mrs.) A Voyage Round the World in the 'Gorgon', Man-of-War, Captain John Parker

1795

 USD - Unknown
187 LANTE AND GATINE COSTUMES PARISIENS: Les ouvrieres de Paris [Paris]

[c. 1824]

 USD - Unknown
188 Lante and Gatine Galerie francaise de femmes celebres Paris

1827

 USD - Unknown
189 LANTE AND GATINE COSTUMES DES FEMMES DE HAMBOURG, DU TYROL, DE LA HOLLANDE, DE LA SUISSE Paris

1827

 USD - Unknown
190 FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN), [GREEN (MATTHEW)] A COPY OF VERSES Wrote by a Gentleman London, Printed. Philadelphia, Re-printed

n.d. [c. 1747]

 USD - Unknown
191 Franklin (Benjamin) New Experiments and Observations on Electricity

USD - Unknown
192 Armstrong (Mostyn John) An Actual Survey of the Great Post-Roads between London and Edinburgh

1776

 USD - Unknown
193 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITAIN, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland

1637

 USD - Unknown
194 Cluverius (Phillippus) Introductio in universam Geographiam Tam veterem quam novam

1711

 USD - Unknown
195 Dionysius Periegetes Oικoυμϵνης πϵριηγσις Oxford

1704

 USD - Unknown
196 Du Fresnoy (Lenglet, Abbe) Geographia Antiqua et Nova: or a System of Antient and Modern Geography

1742-1756

 USD - Unknown
197 Wells (Edward) A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography

1718

 USD - Unknown
198 COMBE (WILLIAM) AND THOMAS ROWLANDSON THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH

USD - Unknown
199 Conchology. A Collection of 78 Watercolour or Grey Wash Drawings of Shells

USD - Unknown
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