Kestenbaum and Company: The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland., 115, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
March 05, 2026 - March 05, 2026
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 NIEUHOFF, JAN.

An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China... wherein the Cities, Towns, Villages, Ports, Rivers, etc. in their Passages from Canton to Peking, are Ingeniously Described.

London 1669 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
27 DANIELL, THOMAS & WILLIAM.

A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the Way of China.

London 1810 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
28 KIP, JOHANNES.

Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne.

London 1714-16. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
29 ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH.

Microcosm of London.

London (1808-10). USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
30 ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH.

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London 1814 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
31 DANIEL, WILLIAM.

A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton. With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast.

London 1814-26. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
32 WALKER, JOHN & CHARLES.

Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas. Containing Separate Maps of Every County in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire. Comprising Forty-two Maps, showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Ports. etc., etc., Compiled from the Maps of the Board of Ordnance, and ot

London circa 1860. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
33

(FRANCE). Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features of the French Capital; with Characteristic Figures in the Foregrounds Comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings, from Accurate Designs Taken in Paris during the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte. With

London 1816 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
34 LALAISSE, FRANCOIS HIPPOLYTE, Felix Benoist, & J. C. Le Meder.

Galerie Armoricaine. Costumes et vues pittoresques de la Bretagne.

Nantes 1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
35 DODWELL, EDWARD.

Views in Greece, from Drawings.

London 1821 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
36 DANIELL, THOMAS AND WILLIAM.

Oriental Scenery...The Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan.

London 1812-16. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
37 BERTELLI, PIETRO.

Theatrum urbium italicarum.

Venice 1599 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
38 SAINT-NON, JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD, l'Abbe de.

Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.

Paris 1781-86. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
39 (FONTANI, FRANCESCO).

Viaggio Pittorico Della Toscana.

Florence 1801-03. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
40 THOMAS, ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE.

Un An a Rome et dans ses Environs. Recueil de dessins lithographies.

Paris 1830 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
41 ZANOTTO, FRANCESCO.

Das Malerische, Monumentale, Historische und Artistische Venedig. Eine Darstellung seiner Haupt-Ansichten und alten Gebrauche in 60 Steindruck-Tafeln, gezeichnet von Marco Moro und Josef Rebellato.

Venice 1857-(59). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
42 RYCAUT, PAUL.

The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the Most Material Points of the Mahometan Religion... their Military Discipline.

London 1670 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
43 BRUYN, CORNELIS DE.

Reizen... door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia, de Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus... Mitsgaders de voornaamste Steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina.

Delft 1698 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
44 TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE.

Relation d'un Voyage du Levant.

Amsterdam 1718 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
45 SHAW, THOMAS.

Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant.

Oxford 1738 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
46 MAYER, LUIGI.

Views in Palestine... With an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country, and its Remarkable Places.

London 1804 and 1803. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
47 KRUYF, C.

Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses Environs Dessinees d'apres nature.

Amsterdam (1825). USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
48 SONNERAT, PIERRE.

Voyage a la nouvelle Guinee, dans lequel on trouve la description des lieux, des observations physiques & morales, & des details relatifs a l'histoire naturelle dans le regne animal & le regne vegetal.

Paris 1776 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
49 KEATE, GEORGE.

An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Be

London 1788 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
50 D'ENTRECASTEAUX, ANTOINE RAYMOND JOSEPH DE BRUNI.

Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye a la recherche de La Perouse. Publie par ordre de sa Majetse l'Empereur et Roi... Redige par M. de Roseel, ancien capitaine de vaisseau.

Paris 1807-08. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
  • Forum Auctions
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
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    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
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    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
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