Sothebys: Natural History, Atlases and Travel, 93607,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 07, 1993 - December 07, 1993
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALKEN (HENRY) | A COLLECTION OF SPORTING AND HUMOUROUS DESIGNS | 1824 |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | ALKEN (HENRY) | THE NATIONAL SPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN | 1820 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 8,280.00 | |
| 3 | AGASSIZ (JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE) | ETUDES SUR LES GLACIERS | 1840 |
USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | ALDROVANDI (ULISSE) | ORNITHOLOGUE hoc est de avibus historiae libri XII | USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 5 | AMUCHASTEGUI (AXEL) | A WATERCOLOUR AND PENCIL DRAWING OF A SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 460.00 | ||
| 6 | ANDREWS (JAMES) | FLORA'S GEMS | [1830] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | [APPERLEY (CHARLES JAMES, "Nimrod") | REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF HORSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT | 1945 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 460.00 | |
| 8 | BETTONI (EUGENIO) | STORIA NATURALE DEGLI UCCELLI CHE NIDIFICANO IN LOMBARDIA | Milan | 1865-1868 [-1871] |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 13,225.00 |
| 9 | BEWICK (THOMAS) | [WORKS] | 1885 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 368.00 | |
| 10 | BIVORT (ALEXANDRE) AND OTHERS | ANNALES DE POMOLOGIE BELGE ET ETRANGERE | Brussels | 1853-1860 |
USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | BOLTON (JAMES) | HARMONIA RURALIS | 1794-1796 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,070.00 | |
| 12 | BONAPARTE (CHARLES LUCIEN JULES LAURENT, Prince de Canino) | ICONOGRAFIA DELLA FAUNA ITALICA PER LE QUATTRO CLASSI DEGLI ANIMALI VERTEBRATI | Rome | 1832-1841 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,600.00 |
| 13 | BURNETT (GILBERT THOMAS) | AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS | 1852 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 | |
| 14 | BUTLER (ARTHUR GARDINER) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF TYPICAL SPECIMENS OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA in the Collection of die British Museum | 1862 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 575.00 | |
| 15 | CHUBB (CHARLES) | THE BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA | 1916-1921 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 575.00 | |
| 16 | CUVIER (GEORGES, baron de) | LE REGNE ANIMAL distribue d'apres son organisation | Paris | [1836-1849] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 4,140.00 |
| 17 | CRONSTEDT (AXEL FREDRIK) | AN ESSAY TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY | 1788 |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 517.00 | |
| 18 | CRONSTEDT (AXEL FREDRIK) | AN ESSAY TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY.. | 1770 |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 747.00 | |
| 19 | CURTIS (WILLIAM) AND OTHERS | THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE | 1793-1929 |
GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 28,750.00 | |
| 20 | DENTON (SHERMAN F.) | AS NATURE SHOWS THEM | Boston | [1900] |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 21 | [DICKSON (R.W.) | THE NEW BOTANIC GARDEN | 1812 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,725.00 | |
| 22 | DAUDIN (FRANCOIS MARIE) | TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE ET COMPLET DORNITHOLOGIE | Paris | 1800 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,070.00 |
| 23 | DAUDIN (FRANCOIS MARIE) | DESSINS ORIGINAUX EN CROQUIS COLORIES | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,300.00 | ||
| 24 | DONOVAN (EDWARD) | THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS | [1810-] 1820 |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 920.00 | |
| 25 | DONOVAN (EDWARD) | THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS | 1794-1795 [-1819] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,450.00 | |
| 26 | ELLIS (WILLIAM) | THE MODERN HUSBANDMAN | 1744-1747 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 437.00 | |
| 27 | FERRER DE VALDECEBRO (Fr ANDRES) | GOVIERNO GENERAL MORAL Y POLITICO | Barcelona | 1696 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 28 | FERUSSAC (JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS D'AUDEBARD, baron de) | HISTOIRE NATURELLE | Paris | 1819 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS | 1819 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 | ||
| 30 | FORSTER (JOHANN REINHOLD) | INDISCHE ZOOLOGIE oder systematische Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien | Halle | 1781 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,725.00 |
| 31 | FUCHS (LEONHARD) | DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM COMMENTARII INSIGNES | Basle | 1542 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 7,130.00 |
| 32 | GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON | 1811-1829 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,725.00 | ||
| 33 | GOULD (JOHN) | A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDAE | GBP 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 | 28,750.00 | ||
| 34 | GOULD (JOHN) SHARPE (RICHARD BOWDLER) | AN ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE WORKS OF THE LATE JOHN GOULD | 1893 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 35 | GOULD (JOHN) | THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS | 1875-1888 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | 23,000.00 | |
| 36 | GOULD (JOHN) | A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDAE | [1858-] 1875 |
USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 37 | GOULD (JOHN) | MONOGRAPHIE DER RAMPHASTIDEN ODER TUKANARTIGEN VOEGEL.. | Nuremberg | 1841-1847 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 4,370.00 |
| 38 | GOULD (JOHN) | [A MONOGRAPH OF THE PITTIDAE] | 1880 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,725.00 | |
| 39 | HARRIS (MOSES) | THE AURELIAN. A NATURAL HISTORY OF ENGLISH MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES | 1840 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,680.00 | |
| 40 | HOGG (ROBERT) AND HENRY GRAVES BULL | THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA | Hereford, London | 1876-1885 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,910.00 |
| 41 | IBIS (THE), A MAGAZINE OF GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY | 1859-1936 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,680.00 | ||
| 42 | HUMMING-BIRDS | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,725.00 | |||
| 43 | HOWITT (SAMUEL) | A NEW WORK OF ANIMALS | 1811 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 44 | HENNEBERGER (HANS JOACHIM) | EIN THUER VOGEL FISCH UND BLUOMEN BUOCH | Wiesensteig | 1673 |
GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | 91,700.00 |
| 45 | JOHNSON (THEOPHILUS) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF TYPICAL BIRDS | [Dartford, Heath] | 1900 |
USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | JACQUIN (JOSEPH FRANZ VON) | BEYTRAGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DER VOGEL | Vienna | 1784 |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | KNIP (ANTOINETTE PAULINE JACQUELINE) | COENRAAD JACOB TEMMINCK | Paris | [1838-1843] |
GBP 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 10,350.00 |
| 48 | KNOOP (JOHANN HERMANN) | BESCHRIJVING EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE SOORTEN VAN APPELEN EN PEEREN | Amsterdam and Dordrecht | 1790 |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 943.00 |
| 49 | KNORR (GEORG WOLFGANG) | THESAURUS REI HERBARIAE HORTENSISQUE UNIVERSALIS.. | Nuremberg | 1789 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 |
| 50 | LEMAIRE (CHARLES) | M. SCHEIDWEILER AND LOUIS VAN HOUTTE. FLORE DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE | Gent | 1845-1877 |
GBP 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 | 5,520.00 |
| 51 | LEMAIRE (CHARLES) M. SCHEIDWEILER AND LOUIS VAN HOUTTE | FLORE DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE | Gent | 1845-1880 |
GBP 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 12,650.00 |
| 52 | LEGGE (WILLIAM VINCENT) | A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF CEYLON | 1880 [-1881] |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 53 | LEWIN (JOHN WILLIAM) | A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES | 1822 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | LILFORD (THOMAS LITTLETON POWYS, fourth Baron) | COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS | 1891-1897 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 55 | LORD (THOMAS) | LORD'S ENTIRE NEW SYSTEM OF ORNITHOLOGY | 1791 [-1796] |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 9,775.00 | |
| 56 | LUCAS (JEAN ANDRE HENRI) | TABLEAU METHODIQUE DES ESPECES MINERALES | Paris | 1806-1813 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 805.00 |
| 57 | MARTINET (FRANCOIS NICOLAS) | HISTOIRE DES OISEAUX | Paris | 1782-1795 |
GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 18,400.00 |
| 58 | MASSON (FRANCIS) | STAPELIAE NOVAE | 1796 [-1797] |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 59 | MAUND (BENJAMIN) | THE BOTANIC GARDEN | [1825-] 1839 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 60 | MERIAN (MARIA SIBYLLA) | OVER DE VOORTTEELING EN WONDERBAERLYKE VERANDERINGEN DER SURINAAMSCHE INSECTEN | Amsterdam | 1730 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 8,050.00 |
| 61 | MEYER (HENRY LEONARD) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS | [1835-1841] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,760.00 | |
| 62 | MEYER (HENRY LEONARD) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS | [1835-1844] |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 4,600.00 | |
| 63 | MEYER (HENRY LEONARD) | GAME BIRDS AND THEIR LOCALITIES | [1848] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE) | GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES | 1892 |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 230.00 | |
| 65 | MIVART (ST. GEORGE) | DOGS, JACKALS, WOLVES, AND FOXES | 1890 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 805.00 | |
| 66 | MONTES DE OCA (RAFAEL) | ENSAYO ORNITOLOGICO DE LOS TROQUILIDEOS o COLIBRIES DE MEXICO | Mexico | 1875 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 67 | MORRIS (BEVERLEY ROBINSON) | BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL | 1891 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 68 | MORRIS (BEVERLEY ROBINSON) | BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL | 1855 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,552.00 | |
| 69 | NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS) MARTINUS HOUTTUYN AND JAN CHRISTIAAN SEPP | NEDERLANDSCHE VOGELEN | Amsterdam | 1770-1829 |
GBP 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 23,000.00 |
| 70 | OKEN (LORENZ) | ABBILDUNGEN ZU OKEN'S NATURGESCHICHTE | Stuttgart | [1834-1845] |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 437.00 |
| 71 | IRBY (L. HOWARD L.) | Ornithology | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 552.00 | ||
| 72 | ROBERTS (T.S.) | Ornithology | GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 253.00 | ||
| 73 | SMYTHIES (BERTRAM E.) | ORNITHOLOGY | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 437.00 | ||
| 74 | PAXTON (JOSEPH) | MAGAZINE OF BOTANY | 1834-1843 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,760.00 | |
| 75 | PAXTON (JOSEPH) | MAGAZINE OF BOTANY | 1834-1847 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,070.00 | |
| 76 | PAXTON (JOSEPH) | MAGAZINE OF BOTANY | 1834-1838 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,092.00 | |
| 77 | [PENNANT (THOMAS)] | THE BRITISH ZOOLOGY | 1766 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 6,900.00 | |
| 78 | PENNANT (THOMAS) | BRITISH ZOOLOGY | 1776-1777 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,370.00 | |
| 79 | PHILLIPS (JOHN CHARLES) | A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKS | Boston and New York | 1922-1926 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 80 | RASHLEIGH (PHILIP) | SPECIMENS OF BRITISH MINERALS | 1797-1802 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,105.00 | |
| 81 | RENARD (LOUIS) | POISSONS ECREVISSES ET CRABES | Amsterdam | 1745 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | 18,400.00 |
| 82 | ROYLE (JOHN FORBES) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY AND OTHER BRANCHES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS | 1839 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,725.00 | |
| 83 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) | CANDOLLE (AUGUSTIN PYRAMUS DE) PLANTARUM SUCCULENTARUM HISTORIA. OU HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES PLANTES GRASSES | Paris | 1799 [-1804] |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 10,350.00 |
| 84 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) | LES LILIACEES | Paris | 1807-[1816] |
GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | 67,500.00 |
| 85 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) | LES ROSES | Paris | 1817 |
GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 16,100.00 |
| 86 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) AND CLAUDE ANTOINE THORY | LES ROSES | Paris | 1824 [-1826] |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 11,500.00 |
| 87 | REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) AND CLAUDE ANTOINE THORY | LES ROSES | Paris | 1824 [-1826] |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 88 | SLABBER (MARTINUS) | NATUURKUNDIGE VERLUSTIGINGEN | Haarlem | 1778 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 89 | SITWELL (SACHEVERELL) | GREAT FLOWER BOOKS 1700-1900 | Johannesburg | 1984 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 90 | SOWERBY (GEORGE BRETTINGHAM, the second) | THE CONCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS | [1832-] 1841 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,610.00 | |
| 91 | SOWERBY (JAMES) | BRITISH MINERALOGY or Coloured Figures intended to elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britian | 1811-1817 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,750.00 | |
| 92 | STURM (JACOB) | DEUTSCHLANDS FAUNA IN ABBILDUNGEN NACH DER NATUR MIT BESCHREIBUNGEN... Bearbeit von J.H.C.F. und J.W. Sturm | Nuremberg | 1829 [-1834] |
GBP 200.00 - 250.00 | 241.00 |
| 93 | SCHLEGEL (HERMANN) AND A.H. VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST | TRAITE DE FAUCONNERIE | Laden and Dusseldorf | 1844-1853 |
GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 16,675.00 |
| 94 | SELBY (PRIDEAUX JOHN) | ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY | Edinburgh | 1813-1833 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 21,275.00 |
| 95 | SELIGMANN (JOHANN MICHAEL) | VERZAMELING VAN UITLANDSCHE EN ZELDZAAME VOGELEN | Amsterdam | 1772-1781 |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 17,250.00 |
| 96 | SWEET (ROBERT) | GERANIACEAE. THE NATURAL ORDER OF GERANIA | 1820-1824 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 97 | STENNETT (RALPH) | A COLLECTION OF 38 FINE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF PLANTS | 1805-1807 |
GBP 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 9,430.00 | |
| 98 | TRAVIES (EDOUARD) | TYPES DU REGNE ANIMAL. BUFFON EN ESTAMPES.. | Paris | [1862-1864] |
GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 99 | THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN) | NEW ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF CAROLUS VON LINNAEUS... AND THE TEMPLE OF FLORA | 1870 |
USD 45,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100 | TUSSER (THOMAS) | FIVE HUNDRETH POINTES OF GOOD HUSBANDRIE | 1597 |
USD 1,200.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
