Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps including a section on Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, the Near and Middle East The Natural History Library of the Late Mr. D. and Mrs. K.E. Daniels of Shrewsbury and Books from the Art Reference Library of Dr. Julius Bohler of Munich, 5641,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 26, 1995 - October 26, 1995
Page Size: 1236 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
601 AUSTRALIA

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
602 Bellin (J-N.) AUSTRALIA Paris

[1753]

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 368.00
603 [Thhevenot (M.) AUSTRALIA

[1663-1672]

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 3,105.00
604 KARNEBEEK (Luitenant- ter-Zee H.A.V.) Cocos OR KEELING ISLANDS

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 1,495.00
605 Keulen (Joannes van) PACIFIC Amsterdam

[1683]

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 977.00
606 BULKELEY (JOHN) AND JOHN CUMMINS A Voyage to the South Seas London, Philadelphia

1757

GBP 500.00 - 600.00 552.00
607 BYRON (Commodore JOHN) The Narrative

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 218.00
608 Dibble (Sheldon) HAWAIIAN ISIANDS Labainaluna

1844

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 414.00
609 CARNEGIE (DAVID WYNFORD) SPINIFEX AND SAND

1898

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 1,104.00
610 COOK (Captain JAMES)---Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages undertaken Dublin

1773

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 115.00
611 DOMENY DF, RIENZI (G.L.) Oceania o quinto parte del mondo

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 368.00
612 KIPPIS (ANDREW) The Life of Captain James Cook

1788

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 540.00
613 PARKINSON (SYDNEY) A JOURNAI OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS

1773

GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 2,415.00
614 WILSON (WILLIAM) A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean

1799

GBP 300.00 - 350.00 322.00
615 AITON (WILLIAM TOWNSEND) Hortus Kewensis

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 253.00
616 BADHAM (CHARLES DAVID) A Treatise on the Esculent Fungeses of England

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 1,150.00
617 BAIREI (KONO, illustrator) Bairei Hyakucho Gafu

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
618 BARTON (BENJAMIN H.) AND THOMAS CASTLE The British Flora Medica

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 414.00
619 BAXTER (WILLIAM) British Phaenogamous Botany Oxford

1834-1840

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
620 BEWICK (THOMAS) A General History of Quadrupeds

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 690.00
621 BEWICK (THOMAS) History of British Birds

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 322.00
622 BOTANICAL PLATES

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 805.00
623 BOULGER (O.S.) Familiar Trees

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 345.00
624 BREE (CHARLES ROBERT) A History of the Birds of Europe

1875-1876

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 379.00
625 BROMFIELD (WILLIAM ARNOLD) Flora Vectensis

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 391.00
626 BROOKE (JOCELYN) The Wild Orchids of Britain

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 1,840.00
627 BROOKES (RICHARD) A New & Accurate System of Natural History

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
628 BRYANT (CHARLES) Flora Diaetetica

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
629 CLARKE (CHARLES BARON) Illustrations of Cyperaceae

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 483.00
630 COUCH (JONATHAN) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands

1868-1869

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 460.00
631 CURTIS (JOHN) British Entomology

1823-1840

GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 2,760.00
632 CURTIS (WILLIAM) FLORA LONDINENSIS

[1775-] 1777 [-1788]

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,645.00
633 DEAKIN (RICHARD) Florigraphia Britannica

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 414.00
634 FORBES (EDWARD) A History of British Starfishes

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 598.00
635 GOOD (JOHN MASON) and others Pantologia

1813

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
636 GRINDON (L.H.) The Manchester Flora

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,495.00
637 HANBURY (FREDERICK JANSON) An Illustrated Monograph of the British Hieracia

July 1889-March 1898

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 552.00
638 HARTING (JAMES EDMUND) The Birds of Middlesex

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 345.00
639 HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEI.) AND JOHN O. WESTWOOD British Butterflies and their Transformations

1841

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 299.00
640 JARDINE (WILLIAM) The Naturalist's Library Edinburgh

1840-1841

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 230.00
641 JARDINE (WILLIAM) The Naturalist's Library Edinburgh

1833-1843

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 920.00
642 JONES (J.P.) AND J.F. KINGSTON Flora Devoniensis

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 690.00
643 KIRBY (W.F.) The Butterflies and Moths of Europe

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 437.00
644 LAMARCKE (J.B. DE) AND A.P. DE CANDOLLE Synopsis Plantarum in Flora Gallica

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 391.00
645 LEIGHTON (W.A.) A Flora of Shropshire, parts 1-6 bound in one volume

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 805.00
646 LINNAEUS (CARL) A System of Vegetables

[1782-] 1783 [-85]

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 322.00
647 LOUDON ([JANE]) British Wild Flowers

1859

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 805.00
648 LIGHTFOOT (JOHN) Flora Scotia: or, A Systematic Arrangement in the Linnaean Method of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 1,035.00
649 LOWE (E.J.) A Natural History of British Grasses

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
650 LOWE (E.J.) A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 299.00
651 LOWE (RICHARD THOMAS) A Manual Flora of Madeira

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 920.00
652 MOORE (DAVID) AND ALEXANDER GOODMAN MORE Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 368.00
653 MORRIS (F.O.) The History of British Birds

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 1,207.00
654 THE NEW NATURALIST

1945-1994

GBP 700.00 - 900.00 2,070.00
655 THE NEW NATURALIST MONOGRAPHS

1948-1971

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 632.00
656 NEWTON (JAMES) A Complete Herbal

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 483.00
657 PERRIN (Mrs. HENRY) AND GEORGE S. BOULGER British Flowering Plants

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 230.00
658 PHILLIPS (HENRY) Pomarium Britannicum: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 862.00
659 PLUES (MARGARET) Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 368.00
660 PRATT (ANNE) The Flowering Plants

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 483.00
661 PRYOR (ALFRED REGINALD) A Flora of Hertfordshire

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 1,150.00
662 RAY (JOHN) Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 506.00
663 REEVE'S POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY SERIES

1849-1858

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 345.00
664 RELHAN (RICHARD) Flora Cantabrigiensis

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 920.00
665 RONALDS (ALFRED) The Fly-Fisher's Entomology

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 414.00
666 RYE (E.C.) British Beetles

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 241.00
667 SAMOUELLE (GEORGE) The Entomologist's Useful Compendium

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 506.00
668 SEEBOHM (HENRY) A History of British Birds

1883-1885

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
669 [SHERARD (WILLIAM)] Schola Botanica sive catalogue plantarum quas ab aliquot annis in Horto Regio Parisiensi Studiosis...

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 414.00
670 SMITH (GERARD EDWARDS) A Catalogue of Rare and Remarkable Phaenogamous Plants collected in South Kent

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 1,092.00
671 SMITH (JAMES EDWARD) AND JAMES SOWERBY English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants

1877

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 517.00
672 SMITH (JAMES EDWARD) AND JAMES SOWERBY English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants

1790-1802

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
673 SOWERBY (JAMES) AND Sir JAMES EDWARD SMITH English Botany, 36 vol. in 18 and vol. of Indexes

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
674 SOWERBY (JOHN E.) The Useful Plants of Great Britain

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 345.00
675 SPURZHEIM (G.) A View of the Elementary Principles of Education

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 575.00
676 STEP (EDWARD) AND WILLIAM WATSON Favourite Flowers of the Greenhouse and Garden

1896-1897

GBP 600.00 - 900.00 851.00
677 TANSLEY (A.G.) The British Islands and their Vegetation

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 471.00
678 TRIPP (F.E.) British Mosses

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
679 TUTIN (T.G., editor) AND OTHERS Flora Europaea

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 253.00
680 WALLACE (WILLIAM) The Laws which Regulate the deposition of Lead Ore in Veins

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 391.00
681 WESTWOOD (J.O.) The Butterflies of Great Britain

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 506.00
682 WILKINSON (Lady CAROLINE CATHERINE) Weeds and Wildflowers

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 230.00
683 WEBER (JOHANN CARL) Die Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands und der Schweitz Munich

1879

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 575.00
684 WOOD (WILLIAM) General Conchology; or, A Description of Shells

1835

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 483.00
685 WOOSTER (DAVID) Alpine Plants

1874

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 414.00
686 ADANSON (MICHEL) Histoire naturelle du Senegal

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 805.00
687 AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES) The Birds of America

1974

GBP 600.00 - 900.00 713.00
688 BANNERMAN (D.A.) The Birds of the British Isles Edinburgh & London

1953-1963

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
689 BERNARD (PIERRE) and others Le Jardin des Plantes

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 747.00
690 BEWICK (THOMAS) History of British Birds

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 368.00
691 Keulemans (T.) and J. Coldewey BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 782.00
692 Nissen (Claus) BIBLIOGRAPHY Stuttgart

1969-1978

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 598.00
693 Nissen (Claus) BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 460.00
694 Sitwell (S.), H. Buchanan and J. Fisher BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 632.00
695 Sotheby's Catalogues BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 483.00
696 Sitwell (Sacheverell) and Wilfrid Blunt BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 391.00
697 BIBLIOGRAPHY

1936-1990

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
698 Wood (Casey A.) BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 350.00 - 450.00 805.00
699 Zimmer (J.T.) BIBLIOGRAPHY

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 368.00
700 BLAIR (Mrs FERGUSSON) The Henwife, her own experience in her own Poultry-Yard

GBP 200.00 - 250.00 276.00
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