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Chiswick Auctions: The Art of Nature, 1302, London

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
58 Joseph Bishop Pratt, (British, 1854-1910) after Heywood Hardy (British, 1842-1933)

titled 'In Reserve' (lower centre); further inscribed 'Painted by Hayward Hardy,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
69 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S & Theodore Roosevelt, 1909

A handwritten autograph letter in ink from President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) to Cherry Kearton, Nairobi, British East Africa, August 29th, 1909.

1909 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
70 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Flashlight Photograph of a Maneless African Lion c.1909

c.1909 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
71 Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton

Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton in the Spencer Airship No.II

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
72 Kearton Brothers

Kearton Brothers

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
73 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Photographs of Black Footed Penguins, Dassen Island, South Africa, c.1930

c.1930 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
74 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

A Selection of Bird Studies c.1920s

c.1920s GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
75 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

A Selection of Photographs, Postcards and a Scrapbook relating to the Kearton Family's Famous Chimpanzees

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
76 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

A Collection of six silver gelatin photographs of wildlife

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
77 Kearton Brothers

The Kearton's Personal Press Cutting's Archive

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
78 John Kearton

Quarto album in green cloth with silver gelatin prints approx 159, showing Richard Kearton's family,

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
79

A Selection of 35mm Nitrate Cine Film from the archives of Cherry Kearton

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
80 Kearton

Collection of Publishing Contracts.

GBP 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
81

Kearton. From the Library and Collection, many signed and inscribed (80)

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
82 Richard Kearton F.Z.S, F.R.P.S

The Adventures of Jack Rabbit, first edition, 1911 and original manuscript.

1911 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
83 Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)

Selection of Patents, Photographs and Documents relating to Cherry Kearton's Advancements in Still and Cinematograph Camera Design

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
84

A Selection of Important Manuscripts relating to Cherry Kearton Including an unpublished Autobiography

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
85

Handwritten Journals, 1906-1960

1906-1960 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
176 Favrat-Troyon ('Madame')

Botany: Favrat-Troyon ('Madame') Two drawings, with an engraving of an orangerie

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
177 Harrison

The Game Birds of the British Isles, 1st. ed. 1989

1989 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
178 Roberts

Birds of S.Africa, Ltd ed. 1940

1940 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
179 Sclater and Oldfield

Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. 1894-1900

1894-1900 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
180 Crealock

Deer-Stalking..Highlands of Scotland, Ltd ed.1897

1897 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
181 Babbage

Table of Logarithms. 1845

1845 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
182 John Gould (British, 1929-2012)

Birds of Great Britain (1862-1873)

Walter GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
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