Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, HARE,

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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
199 LARGE CHINESE COLOURED DRAWINGS of a terraced house overlooking a river Canton

1820

 USD - 616.00
200 Chinese coloured drawings of butterflies alighting on flowers (12) Canton

1830-40

 USD - 210.00
201 Chinese coloured drawings of various species of birds with butterflies perching on or near flowering plants Canton

1820-30]

 USD - 364.00
202 Chinese coloured drawings of various species of birds perching on flowering shrubs or in landscapes (12) Canton

1820-30

 USD - 336.00
203 CHINESE COLOURED DRAWINGS OF BIRDS (12) Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 392.00
204 CHINESE COLOURED DRAWINGS OF BIRDS (10) Canton

1830-40

 USD - 168.00
205 Chinese coloured drawings of flowers in a wicker basket (1) Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 140.00
206 Twelve Chinese coloured drawings of flowers in wicker baskets Canton

c. 1840

 USD - 308.00
207 Chinese coloured drawings of flowers (4) Canton

1830-40

 USD - 238.00
208 Chinese coloured drawings of various flowers (11) Canton

1830-40

 USD - 420.00
209 EIGHT LARGE AND FINE CHINESE COLOURED DRAWINGS Canton

c. 1820

 USD - 616.00
210 NINETY-THREE LARGE AND FINE CHINESE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS Canton

1805-10

 USD - 3,920.00
211 A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE LARGE AND FINE CHINESE WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS Canton

1830-40

 USD - 1,820.00
212 ONE HUNDRED LARGE AND FINELY PAINTED CHINESE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS Canton

1805-10

 USD - 1,736.00
213 Ackerman (R.) The History of Westminster Abbey

1812

 USD - 53.20
214 JENKINS (JAMES) MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1814[-15]

 USD - 168.00
215 LANDMANN (GEORGE) HISTORICAL

1818

 USD - 588.00
216 ROBERTS (DAVID) HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT AND NUBIA

1842-49

 USD - 616.00
217 ROBERTS (DAVID) EGYPT AND NUBIA

1846-49

 USD - 420.00
218 Philippi (Dr. Rudolph A.) Reise durch die Wueste Atacama Halle

1860

 USD - 67.20
219 Lante (L. M.) and Gatine Les Femmes Celebres de l'ancienne France (Colas 1768) & Haute et Moyenne Classes Paris

c. 1828-58

 USD - 89.60
220 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) THE REPOSITORY OF ARTS

1809-28

 USD - 2,940.00
221 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) MICROCOSM OF LONDON

1808-10

 USD - 1,064.00
222 Ackermann (Rudolph) The history of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster

1812

 USD - 30.80
223 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

1814

 USD - 140.00
224 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

1815

 USD - 812.00
225 ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGES OF WINCHESTER

1816

 USD - 392.00
226 ALBIN (ELEAZAR) A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS

1731-38-40

 USD - 406.00
227 BLAEU (JOANNES) ATLAS MAIOR Amsterdam

1662

 USD - 15,680.00
228 Bouchardon (Edme) Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les cris de Paris Paris

1737-46

 USD - 72.80
229 Brown (Peter) New illustrations of Zoology

1776

 USD - 140.00
230 BUFFON (GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC, Comte de) P. G. DE MONTBEILLARD Paris

1770-86

 USD - 2,660.00
231 Buller (Sir W. L.) A history of the birds of New Zealand

[1872-]1873

 USD - 154.00
232 Combe (William) The three tours of Doctor Syntax

1819-1820

 USD - 126.00
233 Combe (William) The English dance of death

1815[-16]-1817

 USD - 126.00
234 DANIELL (WILLIAM) AND RICHARD AYTON A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN

1814-25

 USD - 1,344.00
235 DRESSER (H. E.) AND OTHERS A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE

1871-96

 USD - 896.00
236 EDWARDS (GEORGE) A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS

1743-64

 USD - 1,960.00
237 Gerard (John) The herball

1633

 USD - 78.40
238 GOULD (JOHN) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

[1862-] 1873

 USD - 2,520.00
239 Grindlay (R. M.) Scenery

1830

 USD - 42.00
240 HAYES (CHARLES) Portraits of British birds

1807-09

 USD - 252.00
241 HAYES (WILLIAM) PORTRAITS OF RARE AND CURIOUS BIRDS

1794[-99]

 USD - 336.00
242 Herbst (J. F. W.) Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse Berlin and Stralsund

1790-96

 USD - 210.00
243 LATHAM (JOHN) A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF BIRDS

1781-1802

 USD - 154.00
244 LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES PERROQUETS Strasburg

1801-05

 USD - 3,640.00
245 LEWIN (WILLIAM) THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1789-94

 USD - 1,904.00
246 Lilford (Lord) Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands

1891-97

 USD - 154.00
247 Morner (K. G. Hjalmar) Collection of 32 hand-coloured plates of Neapolitan ?Naples

c. 1828

 USD - 210.00
248 NATTES (JOHN CLAUDE) VERSAILLES

1827-8

 USD - 896.00
249 NATTES (JOHN CLAUDE) BATH

1806

 USD - 896.00
250 Pennant (Thomas) The British zoology

1766

 USD - 672.00
251 PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY) THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL RESIDENCES

1819

 USD - 350.00
252 Rosel von Rosenhof (A. J.) Historia naturalis ranarum nostratium Nuremberg

1758

 USD - 392.00
253 Rowlandson (Thomas) The world in miniature

1817

 USD - 112.00
254 Sams (William) A tour through Paris

1825

 USD - 95.20
255 SAUVAN (JEAN BAPTISTE BALTHAZAR) PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE SEINE

1821

 USD - 448.00
256 Sclater (P. L.) and W. H. Hudson Argentine ornithology

1888-89

 USD - 210.00
257 Sweet (Robert) The British warblers

1823[-32]

 USD - 39.20
258 Thorburn (Archibald) British birds

1915-16

 USD - 89.60
259 WESTALL (WILLIAM) AND SAMUEL OWEN PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE RIVER THAMES

1828

 USD - 560.00
260 Westmacott (Charles Molloy) The English spy

1825-26

 USD - 196.00
261 Wilson (Alexander) and C. L. Bonaparte American Ornithology

1832

 USD - 126.00
262 Woodward (G. M.) Eccentric excursions

USD - 126.00
263 Amadi (Francois) and Diomede Strambaldi Chroniques Paris

1891-93

 USD - 8.40
264 Boisgelin (Louis de) Malte Ancienne et Moderne

USD - 33.60
265 Bright (Richard) Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary Edinburgh

1818

 USD - 19.60
266 Clinton (Henry Fynes) Fasti Hellenici

USD - 14.00
267 Cresset Press

1929

 USD - 14.00
268 Davenport (John) Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs

1869

 USD - 16.80
269 Demidoff (Anatole de) Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Paris

1854

 USD - 28.00
270 Ephraem Syrus (St.) Hymni et Sermones

USD - 2.80
271 Eusebius Pamphili Ecclesiastiae Historiae Libri Decem

USD - 22.40
272 Les Peintures

USD - 11.20
273 Fellows (Charles) An Account of Discoveries in Lycia

USD - 47.60
274 Gedeon (M.) BYZANTINON Constantinople

1899

 USD - 11.20
275 Gibbon (Edmund) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

USD - 56.00
276 Guys (P. A.) Greece and Egypt

USD - 39.20
277 Hungary Leipzig

1882 (6)

 USD - 16.80
278 Journal of Hellenic Studies (The)

1922-44

 USD - 33.60
279 Kennedy (Sir Alexander B. W.) Petra

1925

 USD - 30.80
280 MacFarlane (Charles) Constantinople in 1828

USD - 19.60
281 Migne (J. P., Editor) Patriologiae Cursus Completus Paris

1842-46

 USD - 56.00
282 Mylonas (George E.) Aghios Kosmas

USD - 19.60
283 Lengyel (Lancelot) Numismatics Paris

USD - 28.00
284 Pardoe (Julia) and W. H. Bartlett The Beauties of the Bosphorus

1839

 USD - 16.80
285 Tancoigne (J. M.) Persia

USD - 72.80
286 Pindar

1904

 USD - 19.60
287 Polybius Leipzig

1789-1818

 USD - 44.80
288 Pugin (A. Welby) Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament & Costume

1846

 USD - 22.40
289 Rodokanakis (Prince Demetrios) portraits, plates and other illustrations

1900

 USD - 2.80
290 Saladin (H.) and Gaston Migeon Manuel d'Art Musulman Paris

1907

 USD - 56.00
291 Shoberl (Frederic, Editor) The World in Miniature

1821

 USD - 36.40
292 Shoberl (Frederic, Editor) The World in Miniature

1821

 USD - 39.20
293 Shoberl (Frederic, Editor) The World in Miniature

1821

 USD - 33.60
294 Strabo Amsterdam

1707

 USD - 16.80
295 Vernet (Horace) Voyage en Orient Paris

[1843]

 USD - 44.80
296 Vialla de Sommieres (Col. L. C.) Voyage Historique et Politique au Montenegro Paris

1820

 USD - 39.20
297 Willyams (C.) A Selection of Views in Egypt

1822

 USD - 53.20
298 BEAUHARNAIS (EUGENE DE, Napoleon's stepson) L.s. "Eugene Napoleon" Villach

7 November 1809

 USD - 11.20
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