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Auction Name: Books
Auction Date: 05/23/2008 - 05/23/2008
Sale Number: #48
Total Lots: 1058
Sold Lots: 740
Lots Sold: 69.94%
Unsold Lots: 318

Total Sales (EUR): 219,228.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 122,470.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 172,330.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 167,610.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 236,030.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 92.88%

Top twenty by sale price

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<center>Sotheby’s Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Online Auction 27 April – 13 May 2021

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: Daniel Giraud Elliot. A Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants, 1870-1872, coloured plates. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: Georg Braun und Franz Hogenberg. Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne, 1597-c.1606, 5 volumes, hand-coloured, calf. £140,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: Qianren Huang. "Blue Map" of China. [Daoguang, 19th century]. £60,000 to £80,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Online Auction 27 April – 13 May 2021

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: Abraham Ortelius. Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1595. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: Maxime Du Camp. Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie. Dessins Photographiques. Paris, 1852. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, 27 Apr. to 13 May: China, Canton School. A superb album of 141 watercolours, c.1800. £70,000 to £100,000.
<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Live and Online May 12, 2021

Hindman Auctions, May 12: CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- After Frances F. Palmer. The Rocky Mountains. Emigrants Crossing the Plains, 1866. $10,000 to $15,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [BIBLE, in English]. The New Testament of Jesus Christ, translated faithfully into English. Rheims, 1582. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [BIBLE, in Latin]. Biblia latina. Venice: Franz Renner of Hailbrun [Heilbrunn], 1483. $3,000 to $4,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Live and Online May 12, 2021

Hindman Auctions, May 12: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Autograph letter signed ("P. B. S."), to Charles Ollier. Florence, Italy, 15 December 1819. “MY PROMETHEUS IS THE BEST THING I EVER WROTE.” $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: RAMSAY, David (1749-1815). The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina… Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1785. $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [BINDINGS]. MUIR, John (1838-1914). The Writings of John Muir. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-1924. 10 vols. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Live and Online May 12, 2021

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [CHICAGO] -- Park & Guide Map of Chicago. Chicago: Jas. Van Vechten, 1873. $2,000 to $3,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: CURRIER and IVES, publishers -- After Frances F. Palmer. $2,000 to $3,000.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [ALLEN PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Romeo and Juliet. Greenbrae: Allen Press, 1988. $1,000 to $1,500.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Live and Online May 12, 2021

Hindman Auctions, May 12: BEMELMANS, Ludwig (1898-1962). Pencil drawing on paper. 247 x 198 mm, sight, matted and framed. Showing a child shooting at a baby's balloon. $1,000 to $1,500.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: [LOGAN ELM PRESS]. HARVEY, Rebecca. Any Number of Things. Ohio State University, 2013. Single sheet paper scroll. $800 to $1,200.

Hindman Auctions, May 12: BINYON, Laurence (1869-1943). A small archive of letters and pamphlets. $200 to $300.
Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Westvaco–Inspirations for Printers, 3 volumes, 1938-61. $200 to $300.

Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Proef van Letteren, Welk gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery, 1768. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Paul Klee, Bauhaus Ausstellung Juli – Sept., Weimar, 1923. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Michel Seuphor & Jozef Peeters, Het Overzicht Nos. 22-23-24, Antwerp, 1922. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Wolfrum & Co., Modern Graphik, Serie I…, complete portfolio, 1909. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann Auction Galleries, May 12: Gravure et Fonderie deC. Derriey: Specimen-Album, Paris, 1862. $5,000 to $7,500.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers 12/13 May Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Numismatic Books from the Milne-Henderson Collection

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Mariette (Pierre-Jean). Traité des pierres gravées / Recueil des pierres gravées..., 2 vols., 1750. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: [Bryant, Jacob & William Cole]. Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, [Marlborough Gems], 2 volumes, [privately printed, 1780-83], £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Caylus (Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de). Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes, Estrusques, Grecques et Romaines, 7 volumes, Paris, 1756-67, £700 to £1,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers 12/13 May Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Numismatic Books from the Milne-Henderson Collection

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Devonshire Gems. Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Gems, privately printed, c. 1790, [one of 8 copies], £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Goltz (Hubert). Le Vive Imagini di tutti quasi gl'Imperatori, Antwerp, 1557, £500 to £800.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Manuscript. An Explanation of Dassier's Medals, by Charlotte Hanbury, c. 1795-1800, £700 to £1,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers 12/13 May Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Numismatic Books from the Milne-Henderson Collection

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Paoletti (Bartolomeo and Pietro). A collection of 300 plaster cameos presented in 7 leather-bound double-sided faux book boxes, Rome, c. 1820, £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Mayer (Luigi). Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings, in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, London: Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1805, £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Blaeu (Willem Janszoon & Johannes). Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus, pars quarta [England and Wales], Amsterdam: Johannem Blaeu, 1648, £6,000 to £8,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers 12/13 May Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Numismatic Books from the Milne-Henderson Collection

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Reuter (O.M. & Mela, A.J.). Finlands Fiskar. The Fishes of Finland, 12 parts (complete), Helsingfors: G.W. Edlund, 1883-93, £500 to £800.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: Lunardi (Vincenzo). An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1784, £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter, 12/13 May: North America. Jansson (Jan). Virginiae partis Australis et Floridae partis Orientalis, circa 1641. £400 to £600.

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