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
101 COLTON, GEORGE WOOLWORTH & RICHARD SWAINSON FISHER.

Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas and Descriptive Geography.

New York 1859 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
102 GERARDE, JOHN.

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie, very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson citizen and Apothecarye of London.

London 1636 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
103 WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM.

Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende Bomen, Stammen, Kruiden, Bloemen, Vrugten, en Uitwassen.

Amsterdam 1739-48. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
104 LUDWIG, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB.

Ectypa Vegetabilium Usibus Medicis Praecipue Destinatorum... Nach der Natur verfertigte Abdrucke der Gewachse.

Halle and Leipzig 1760(-64). USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
105 SCHINZ, SALOMON.

Anleitung zu der Pflanzenkenntniss und derselben nutzlichen Anwendung ["Instructions for Identifying Plants and their Useful Applications."]

Zurich 1774 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
106 HUNTER, ALEXANDER (Ed.)

Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions.

York 1776 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
107 SOWERBY, JAMES & JAMES SMITH.

English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks.

London 1790-1814. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
108 ANDREWS, HENRY CRANKE.

The Botanist's Repository, for New and Rare Plants, Containing Coloured Figures of such Plants, as have not Hitherto Appeared in any Similar Publication... Botanically Arranged after the Sexual System of the Celebrated Linnaeus.

London 1797-1812. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
109 BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH.

Elements of Botany, Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables.

London 1804 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
110 CHAUMETON, FRANCOIS PIERRE (and others).

Flore medicale.

Paris 1814-20. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
111 MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE & THOMAS NUTALL.

The North American Sylva. Or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia.

Philadelphia 1854 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
112 MOORE, THOMAS.

The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland.

London 1855-57. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
113 TENORE, VINCENZO & GIUSEPPE ANTONIO PASQUALE.

Atlante di Botanica Popolare, Ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di Ogni Famiglia.

Naples 1872-76. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
114 DIETRICH, DAVID NATHANAEL FRIEDRICH.

Forstflora. Beschreibung und Abbildung aller fr den Forstmann wichtigeren wildwachsenden Baume und Straucher, sowie der nutzlichen und schadlichen Krauter, Graser und Sporenpflanzen.

Dresden [1887]. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
115 BURMAN, JAN.

Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum.

Amsterdam 1738-39. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
116 SWEET, ROBERT.

The British Flower Garden; Containing Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental & Curious Hardy Herbaceous Plants Including Annuals, Biennials, & Perennials.

London 1823-38. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
117 MAUND, BENJAMIN.

The Botanic Garden, Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants. Cultivated in Great Britain; with their Classification, History, Culture and other Interesting Information.

London 1825 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
118 ROSCOE, MRS. EDWARD (Margaret, nee Lace).

Floral Illustrations of the Seasons - Consisting of The Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower Garden.

London 1831 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
119 ROUSSELON, LOUIS (Ed.)

Annales de Flore et de Pomone, ou Journal des Jardins et des Champs.

Paris 1833 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
120 PAXTON, JOSEPH.

Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants.

London 1834-49. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
121 HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON.

The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons Recently Discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions Made on the Spot, during a government botanical mission to t

London 1849(-51). USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
122 TRAILL, CATHARINE PAR.

Canadian Wild Flowers.

Montreal 1868 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
123 POLE-EVANS, I.B.

The Flowering Plants of South Africa.

Johannesburg - London 1921-47. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
124 BOLUS, HARRY.

Icones Orchidearum Austro-Africanarum Extra-Tropicarum; or, Figures, with Descriptions of Extra-Tropical South African Orchids.

London 1896-1913. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
125 MOORE, THOMAS (Ed.)

Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants: A Series of One Hundred Figures... Representing the Principal Groups of Orchids; Accompanied by Descriptions of the Cultivated Species... and Directions for Cultivation.

London 1857 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
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    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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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
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    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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