Peter Arnold: Natural History Books, Rare Maps, Fanfrolico Press books, Voyages and Travels incl. Antarctica, 80324, Prahran VIC

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Auction Date: August 03, 2024 - August 03, 2024

Page Size: 204 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ANDERSON, Ernest and SPRY, Frank Palmer.	Victorian butterflies and how to collect them.	Melbourne	1893	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,270.00
2	BENTHAM, George.	Flora Hongkongensis: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the island of Hongkong.	London	1861	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 2,032.00
3	BENTHAM, George and MUELLER, Ferdinand von.	Flora Australiensis; a description of the plants of the Australian territory.	London	1863-78.	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,143.00
4	BROWN, Robert.	Vermischte botanische Schriften.	Leipzig and Nuremberg	1825-1834.	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 5,334.00
5	CAMPBELL, Archibald.	Nests and eggs of Australian birds.	Sheffield	1900	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,032.00
6	DARWIN, Charles.	On the origin of species.	New York	1860	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,540.00
7	DARWIN, Charles.	The expression of the emotions in man and animals.	London	1872	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 698.50
8	DARWIN, Charles.	The variation of animals and plants under domestication.	London	1875	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 508.00
9	DARWIN, Charles.	[Works].	New York	1896-97.	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 3,302.00
10	DARWIN, Charles.	The journal of a voyage in H.M.S. Beagle.	Guildford and Sydney	1979	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 609.60
11	DARWIN, Charles, editor.	The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during the years 1832-36.	Wellington	1980	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 762.00
12	EVELYN, John.	Sylva, or a discourse on forest-trees and the propagation of timber . . . Terra, a philosophical essay of earth . . . to which is annexed Pomona or, an appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider. . . Also Kalendarium Hortense, or the gardner's A	London	1679	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 762.00
13	GOULD, John.	The mammals of Australia.	London	1843-63.	AUD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00	AUD 95,250.00
14	GOULD, John.	An introduction to the mammals of Australia.	London	1863	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,413.00
15	GOULD, John.	Handbook to the birds of Australia.	London	1865	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,079.50
16	GOULD, John.	Handbook to the birds of Australia, another set, in the original cloth (spine of first volume repaired at head, joints wearing, hinges weakening).			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
17	GOULD, John.	The birds of Australia. London, 1848-1869 reprinted in facsimile	Melbourne	1975	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 3,048.00
18	GOULD, John.	A synopsis of the birds of Australia and the adjacent islands. London, 1837-38 reprinted in facsimile	Melbourne	1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 533.40
19	GREW, Nehemiah.	Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or a catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham College. Whereunto is subjoyned the Comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts.	London	1681	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
20	[JACKSON, Spencer W.].	Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the 'Jacksonian Oological Collection'.	Sydney	1907	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
21	McCOY, Frederick.	Geological Survey of Victoria. Prodromus of the palaeontology of Victoria, or figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains.	Melbourne	1874-82.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 558.80
22	MEREDITH, Louisa Anne.	Some of my bush friends in Tasmania. Native flowers, berries and insects drawn from life and illustrated in verse.	London	1860	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,905.00
23	MEREDITH, Louisa Anne.	Bush friends in Tasmania. Native flowers, fruits and insects drawn from nature, with prose descriptions and illustrations in verse.	London	1891	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 698.50
24	MUELLER, Ferdinand von.	Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.	Melbourne	1858-81.	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
25	MUELLER, Ferdinand von.	Analytical drawings of Australian mosses. I Fascicle [all published].	Melbourne	1864	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 406.40

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.

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Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.

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26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.

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Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.

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