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

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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
151 ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO.

Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento sotto la protezione del serenissimo principe Leopoldo di Toscana e descritte dal segretario di essa Accademia.Edited by Lorenzo Magalloti.

Florence 1666 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
152 SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JACOB.

Physique Sacree, ou Histoire Naturelle de la Bible.

Amsterdam 1732-37. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
153 DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL.

Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis.

Nuremberg 1742 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
154 MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN.

Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI.

Basel 1550 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
155 HYLYEN, PETER.

Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof.

London 1682 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
156 BRANCA, GIOVANNI.

Le Machine.

Rome 1629 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
157 REGEMORTES, LOUIS DE.

Description d'un Nouveau Pont de Pierre, Construit sur la Riviere d'Allier a Moulins.

Paris 1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
158 FADEN, WILLIAM.

Le Petit Neptune Francais or French Coasting Pilot, for the Coast of Flanders, Channel, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean. To Which is Added the Coast of Italy from the River Var to Orbitello with the Gulf of Naples and the Island of Corsica; Illustrated

London 1793 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
159 STEVENSON, ALAN.

Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse. With Notes on the Illumination of Lighthouses.

Edinburgh & London 1848 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
160 BURY, THOMAS TALBOT.

Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, With Plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. from Drawings Made on the Spot.

London 1831 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
161 PETTUS, SIR JOHN.

Fleta Minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining, and Inlarging the Bodies Confin'd Metals.

London 1683 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
162 GUIDO, GUIDI (Vidus Vidius).

Chirurgia e Graeco in Latinum conversa.

Paris 1544 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
163 DURER, ALBRECHT.

Di Alberto Durero pittore, e geometra chiarissimo. Della simmetria dei corpi humani. Libri quattro.

Venice 1591 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
164 DESCARTES, RENE.

De Homine Figuris.

Leiden 1662 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
165 BIDLOO GODEFRIDI.

Anatomia Humani Corporis.

Amsterdam 1685 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
166 BROWNE, JOHN.

Myographia Nova; or, A Graphical Description of All the Muscles in the Humane Body as they Rise in Dissection.

London 1705 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
167 BERRETTINI, PIETRO DA CORTONA.

Tabulae Anatomicae.

Rome 1741 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
168 ALBINUS, BERNHARD SIEGFRIED.

Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii.

Leiden 1744 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
169 MONRO, ALEXANDER.

Traite d'osteologie...Premiere (-seconde) partie.

Paris 1759 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
170 SMELLIE, WILLIAM.

A Set of Anatomical Tables, with Explanations, and an Abridgment of the Practice of Midwifery.

Edinburgh 1792 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
171 CRUVEILHIER, JEAN.

Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano.

Florence 1843 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
172 VESALIUS, ANDREAS.

Icones Anatomicae.

Munich 1934-35. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
173 (FINE ART). CLARK, JOHN HEAVISIDE.

A Practical Illustration of Gilpin's Day, Representing the Various Effects on Landscape Scenery from Morning till Night, in Thirty Designs from Nature...With Instructions in, and Explanation of, the Improved Method of Colouring, and Painting in Water Col

 London 1824 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
174 OVERBEEK, BONAVENTURA VAN.

Reliquiae Antiquae Urbis Romae.

Amsterdam 1708 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
175 MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE.

L'Antiquite Expliquee et Representee en Figures. * With: Supplement au Livre de l'Antiquite.

Paris 1719-24. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
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    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
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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
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
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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
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    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
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    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: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
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