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
200 COUCH (JONATHAN) 'The Natural History of the Fishes which have been found on the Coasts & in the Rivers of Cornwall', ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT

USD - Unknown
201 Cramer (Charles) A General Tour Thro' the United States and British Provinces of North America

USD - Unknown
201A Africa: The Zulu War, 1879, and the Egyptian Campaign, 1882: two albums containing 57, and 25 wash drawings

1863--circa 1894

 USD - Unknown
202 Ehret (Georg Dionysius) Rivina Canexens Sp. PI. 177. painted in bodycolour on vellum

USD - Unknown
203 ENGLISH DRAWINGS OF BIRDS c. 1780-1830: A Collection of 131 watercolour drawings by an unidentified artist or artists

USD - Unknown
204 Gould (John) A Pair of Honey-eaters (identification uncertain), on a sprig of eucalyptus, presumably a drawing for the Birds of Australia ....

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205 Slavery Benwell (John) On The Moral & Physical Condition of the Slave in North America Stapleton Road, Bristol

1852

 USD - Unknown
206 Apres de Mannevillette (Jean Baptiste N.D.d') Le Neptune Oriental Paris

1775

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207 ARROWSMITH (AARON, publisher) A COLLECTION OF CHARTS OF VOYAGES

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208 BLAEU (JOHN) PAISES BAXOS o BELGIA Amsterdam

1663

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209 BLONDEL (FRANCOIS) RESOLUTION DES QUATRE PRINCIPAUX PROBLEMES D'ARCHITECTURE Paris

1673

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210 BUCKLER (JOHN) CATHEDRAL COLLEGIATE AND ABBEY CHURCHES OF ENGLAND BY JOHN BUCKLER, F.S.A.

USD - Unknown
211 Carey (H.C.) and I. Lea A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas Philadelphia and London

1827

 USD - Unknown
212 Coutans (G.) and Charles Picquet Atlas Topographique en XVI Feuilles des Environs de Paris Paris

1800

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213 D'ANVILLE (JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGIGNON) [ATLAS GENERAL] Paris

v.y. [1743-1780]

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214 DENMARK. Caspar Wessel, C. Warberg, P. Harboe and H. Skanke: A Collection of Maps [Copenhagen]

[1766-1791]

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215 FLINDERS (MATTHEW) A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS; Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country

1814

 USD - Unknown
216 Homann heirs: Atlas Silesiae id est Ducatus Silesiae Nuremberg

1750

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217 KITCHIN (THOMAS) AND OTHERS A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS

1798

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218 LAURIE (ROBERT) AND JAMES WHITTLE THE COMPLETE EAST-INDIA PILOT; or Oriental Navigator Laurie and Whittle

1803

 USD - Unknown
219 Moreau de Saint-Mery (L. E.) Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la Colonie Frangoise de Saint-Domingue Paris

1791

 USD - Unknown
220 OXFORD ALMANACKS, for 1688, 1702, 1706, 1708, 1716 to 1873

USD - Unknown
221 PIRANESI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA) VEDUTE DI ROMA

USD - Unknown
222 ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (G. and D.) ATLAS UNIVERSEL Paris

n.d. [1793]

 USD - Unknown
223 ROSSINI (LUIGI) ANTICHITA ROMANE Rome

1823

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224 SANSON (NICHOLAS, d'Abbeville): [ATLAS NOUVEAU, CONTENANT TOUTES LES PARTIES DU MONDE. . . --And Other Maps] ...

USD - Unknown
225 SANSON (NICHOLAS d'Abbeville), JEAN COVENS AND CORNEILLE MORTIER ATLAS NOUVEAU, CONTENANT TOUTES LES PARTIES DU MONDE Amsterdam

c. 1683-1761

 USD - Unknown
226 Smeaton (John) A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with stone G. Nicol

1791

 USD - Unknown
227 Tofino de San Miguel (Vicente) Atlas Maritimo de Espana Madrid

1789

 USD - Unknown
228 VANCOUVER (Captain GEORGE) A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, AND ROUND THE WORLD ....

USD - Unknown
229 [VISSCHER (NIKOLAAS)] [ATLAS MINOR sive Geographia compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum] Amsterdam

n.d. [c. 1690]

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230 ZOCCHI (GIUSEPPE) SCELTA DI XXIV VEDUTE PRINCIPALI CONTRADE, PIAZZE, CHIESE, E PALAZZI BELLE CITTA DI FIRENZE Florence

1744

 USD - Unknown
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