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
126 JAMAIN, HIPPOLYTE & EUGENE FORNEY.

Les Roses Histoire, Culture, Description.

Paris 1873 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
127 KNOOP, JOHANN HERMANN.

Pomologia, das ist beschreibungen und abbildungen der besten sorten der Aepfel und Birnen, welche in Holland, Deutschland, Frankfreich, Engeland.

Nuremberg 1760-66. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
128 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, HENRI LOUIS.

Traite des Arbres Fruitiers. Contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture.

Paris 1768 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
129 BROOKSHAW, GEORGE.

The Horticultural Repository, Containing Delineations of the Best Varieties of the Different Species of English Fruits.

London 1823 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
130 DOWNING, ANDREW JACKSON.

Fruits and Fruit Trees of America.

New York and London 1847 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
131 LONITZER, ADAM.

Kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Baume, Stauden, Hecken, Kreuter, Getreyde, Gewurtze.

Frankfurt 1609 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
132 DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE JOSEPH].

L'Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses parties Principales la Conchyliologie, qui traite des Coquillages qui traite des Coquillages de Mer, de Riviere et de Terre.

Paris 1757 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
133 MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA.

Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium.

Amsterdam 1719 (-26). USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Unknown
134 [PANZER, GEORG WOLFGANG FRANZ.

Fauna Insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten].

[Nuremberg 1793-1809]. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
135 DONOVAN, EDWARD.

An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China.

London 1798 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
136 BENNETT, JOHN WHITCHURCH.

Fishes of Ceylon. A Selection of the Most Remarkable and Interesting of the Fishes Found on the Coasts of Ceylon. From Drawings made in the Southern Part of that Island, from the Living Specimens.

London (1828-30) USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
137 LEWIN, WILLIAM.

The Birds of Great Britain. Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved and Painted from Nature. With Descriptions including the Natural History of Each Bird.

London 1795-1801. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
138 DONOVAN, EDWARD.

The Natural History of British Birds.

London for the Author 1799-1819. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
139 LEVAILLANT, FRANCOIS.

Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Afrique.

Paris 1824 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
140 WILSON, ALEXANDER.

American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. With a Continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte...The Illustrative Notes, and Life of Wilson, by Sir William Jardine.

London & Edinburgh 1832 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
141 LESSON, RENE PRIMEVERE.

Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et des Epimaques.

Paris (1834-35). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
142 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES.

The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.

New York, 1860 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
143 GOULD, JOHN.

The Birds of Great Britain.

(1862-)73. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
144 GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS.

Parrots in Captivity.

London 1884-87. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
145 GRAYSON, ANDREW JACKSON.

Birds of the Pacific Slope.

San Francisco 1986 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
146 EDWARDS, GEORGE.

A Natural History of Birds. Four volumes.

London 1743-51. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
147 MALPIGHI, MARCELLO.

Opera Omnia. Two volumes in one. Engraved general title. 117 engraved plates. Some foxing. Contemporary vellum. Thick 4to. NLM/Krivatsy 7321; Waller 6202.

Leiden, 1687 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
148 AUDEBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE.

Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.

Paris (1799-1800). USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
149 SHAW, GEORGE.

General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History.

London 1800-26. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
150 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES.

The Quadrepeds of North America.

New York 1854 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
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  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (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 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- 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 123D'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 139Gandhi (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 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (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 195Madras.- 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 205Marshall (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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    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
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    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
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    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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