Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, HARE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 01, 1965 - March 01, 1965
Page Size: 765 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 MAY (PHIL) A collection of his work

USD - 84.00
102 Nineteenth Century Book Illustration

USD - 476.00
103 Palmer (Samuel) The Eclogues of Virgil

1883

USD - 112.00
104 Palmer (Samuel) The Shorter Poems of John Milton

1889

USD - 72.80
105 Penneil (J.) The Work of Charles Keene

USD - 11.20
106 Ruskin (John) Arrows of the Chase

USD - 8.40
107 Ruskin (John) The Stones of Venice

USD - 8.40
108 White (Gleeson) English Illustration

USD - 19.60
109 White (Gleeson) English Illustration

USD - 16.80
110 White (Gleeson) English Illustration

USD - 16.80
111 ANDREWS (H. C.) ROSES: OR A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ROSA

1805-28

USD - 2,296.00
112 Boitard (P.) Manuel Complet de l'Amateur de Roses Paris

1836

USD - 39.20
113 Buchoz (Pierre Joseph) Dissertation sur les Roses Paris

USD - 89.60
114 Bunyard (E. A.) Old Garden Roses

USD - 61.60
115 Charter of Gilbert Swyft confirming to Hugo atte Putte lands Nuremberg

1617

USD - 11.20
116 Chesnel (Marquis de) Histoire de la Rose chez les Peuples de l'Antiquite et chez les Modernes Toulouse

1820

USD - 25.20
117 CURTIS (HENRY) THE BEAUTIES OF THE ROSE

1850-53

USD - 308.00
118 Flower Plates

USD - 44.80
119 Guillemeau (J. L. M.) Histoire Naturelle de la Rose Paris

1844

USD - 50.40
120 Guillemeau (J. L. M.) Histoire Naturelle de la Rose

USD - 67.20
121 Hariot (Paul) Le Livre d'Or des Roses Paris

USD - 50.40
122 Jamain (H.) and E. Forney Les Roses Paris

1873

USD - 72.80
123 Jamain (H.) and E. Forney Les Roses Paris

1873

USD - 89.60
124 Jekyll (Gertrude) Garden Ornament

USD - 33.60
125 Lando (Rocco) Favola della Rosa Paris

1596

USD - 8.40
126 Lindley (John) Rosarum Monographia

1820

USD - 112.00
127 Lindley (John) Rosarum Monographia

1820

USD - 168.00
128 Malo (Charles) Histoire des Roses Paris

[1819]

USD - 61.60
129 Nietner (T.) Die Rose Berlin

1880

USD - 78.40
130 Parsons (Alfred) A collection of 58 coloured plates for Ellen Willmott's "Genus Rosa"

[1910-14]

USD - 5.60
131 Parsons (S. B.) The Rose: its History New York

1847

USD - 22.40
132 Parsons (S. B.) The Rose New York

1847

USD - 16.80
133 Parsons (S. B.) The Rose: its History

USD - 44.80
134 Paul (William) The Rose Garden

1848

USD - 72.80
135 Paul (William) The Rose Garden

1848

USD - 72.80
136 Prevost Fils. Catalogue Descriptif

1829-30

USD - 44.80
137 Queen (The)

1840

USD - 25.20
138 Rau (A.) Enumeratio Rosarum circa Wircebugum et Pagos adjacentes Sponte Crescentium

USD - 67.20
139 REDOUTE (PIERRE JOSEPH) and C. A. THOREY LES ROSES Paris

1817-24

USD - 20,160.00
140 Roessig (Karl G.) Die Rosen nach der Natur gezeichnet und colorirt Leipzig

[1802-]

USD - 134.40
141 Rosenberg (J. C.) Rhodologia seu Philosophica-Medica generosae Rosae descriptio Strassburg

1628

USD - 78.40
142 Roses (Les) Etrennes aux Dames

1815

USD - 67.20
143 Trattinnick (L.) Rosacearum Monographia Vienna

1823-24

USD - 89.60
144 WILLMOTT (ELLEN) THE GENUS ROSA

1910-14

USD - 210.00
145 WILLMOTT (ELLEN) THE GENUS ROSA

1910-14

USD - 182.00
146 Woods (Joseph) A Synopsis of the British Species of Rosa (off-print from Linnaean Society Transactions)

USD - 33.60
147 Sowerby (James) English botany

1790-1806

USD - 39.20
148 BAUER (FRANCIS) [Delineations of exotick Plants cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew]

1796

USD - 112.00
149 ROSCOE (WILLIAM) MONANDRIAN PLANTS OF THE ORDER SCITAMINEAE Liverpool

1828

USD - 1,064.00
150 CURTIS (JOHN) British Entomology

1823-40

USD - 134.40
151 BARRETT (CHARLES G.) Lepidoptera of the British Islands

1893-1907

USD - 95.20
152 AUDEBERT (J. B.) and J. L. P. VIEILLOT HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET GENERALE DES COLIBRIS Paris

1802

USD - 1,288.00
153 LEV AILLANT (F.) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES PERROQUETS Paris

1801-1805

USD - 2,240.00
154 LEVAILLANT (F.) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS et des Rolliers Paris

1806

USD - 1,904.00
155 LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX DE PARADIS ET DES ROLLIERS Paris

[1801-]1806

USD - 1,680.00
156 GOULD (JOHN) A CENTURY OF BIRDS FROM THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS

1832

USD - Not Sold
157 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF EUROPE

1837

USD - Not Sold
158 GOULD (JOHN) A SYNOPSIS OF THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA and the adjacent islands

1837-38

USD - Not Sold
159 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA

1848

USD - Not Sold
160 GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE ODONTOPHORINAE OR PARTRIDGES OF AMERICA

1850

USD - Not Sold
161 GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE THE BIRDS OF ASIA

1850-83

USD - Not Sold
162 GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDAE

1854

USD - Not Sold
163 GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDAE

1861-87

USD - Not Sold
164 GOULD (JOHN) THE MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA

1863

USD - Not Sold
165 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1873

USD - Not Sold
166 GOULD (JOHN) GOULD (JOHN) A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDAE

1875

USD - Not Sold
166A GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS

1875-88

USD - Not Sold
167 [Gould (John)] An analytical index to the works of John Gould

1893

USD - Not Sold
168 Gould (John) Handbook to the birds of Australia

1865

USD - Not Sold
168A ALKEN (HENRY) THE NATIONAL SPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1821

USD - Not Sold
169 FORTIFICATIONS

USD - 134.40
170 INDIAN DRAWINGS India

USD - 89.60
171 TWENTY-FOUR LARGE AND FINE CHINESE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS Canton

1810-20

USD - 182.00
172 Thirty-six Chinese coloured drawings of miscellaneous subjects Canton

1850

USD - 89.60
173 Chinese coloured drawings of festive crowds or processions Canton

1840

USD - 78.40
174 Chinese coloured drawings of the life of an opium smoker (6) Canton

1840

USD - 78.40
175 Chinese coloured drawings illustrating the dress of mandarins Canton

1830-40

USD - 126.00
176 Chinese coloured drawings of portraits of ladies (12) Canton

1830-40

USD - 112.00
177 Chinese coloured drawings illustrating the dress of mandarins and their wives (25) Canton

1830-40

USD - 112.00
178 Chinese coloured drawings depicting portraits of the heads of states or the army and their wives (18) Canton

1840

USD - 112.00
179 FOURTEEN LARGE AND FINE CHINESE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS Canton

1810-20

USD - 224.00
180 Chinese coloured drawings illustrating the dress of mandarins Canton

1820-30

USD - 126.00
181 Chinese coloured drawings illustrating the dress of mandarins and their wives (4) Canton

1830-40

USD - 154.00
182 Chinese coloured drawings of ladies playing musical instruments (6) Canton

1830-40

USD - 112.00
183 TWENTY FOUR LARGE CHINESE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS of Junks Canton

1805-10

USD - 336.00
184 Chinese coloured drawings of junks (19) Canton

1830-40

USD - 182.00
185 Chinese coloured drawings of junks (7) Canton

1830-40

USD - 182.00
186 Thirty-one large Chinese watercolour drawings of many different varieties of junks Canton

1840

USD - 504.00
187 Chinese coloured drawings of junks (12) Canton

1840

USD - 154.00
188 Chinese coloured drawings of various junks (14) Canton

1840

USD - 140.00
189 Chinese coloured drawings of warriors brandishing swords and other weapons (12) Canton

1840

USD - 112.00
190 Chinese coloured drawings of the army in various manoeuvres or festive formations (12) Canton

1830-40

USD - 182.00
191 Chinese coloured drawings of flowers and fruit in bowls with articles of Chinese furniture and decoration (13) Canton

1830-40

USD - 168.00
192 Twenty-eight Chinese coloured drawings of Chinese furniture Canton

1810-20

USD - 164.00
193 Chinese coloured drawings of miscellaneous scenes (28) Canton

1830-40

USD - 61.60
194 Chinese coloured drawings of tradesmen or officials (24) Canton

1840

USD - 70.00
195 Chinese coloured drawings of interiors of tradesmen's shops (9) including a grocer Canton

1830-40

USD - 117.60
196 Chinese coloured drawings of the various stages in the manufacture of tea from planting to eventual sale in the market (24) Canton

1820-30

USD - 106.40
197 Chinese coloured drawings of river and landscape views of China (14) Canton

1830-40

USD - 154.00
198 Chinese coloured drawings of landscape views in China (11) Canton

1830-40

USD - 89.60
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