Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1158, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 394 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Andrews (H.C.)

The Heathery; or a Monograph of the Genus Erica

1804-06. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
302 Agricola (Christoph Ludwig), Manner of.

Eight finches and small birds on a branch

probably 18th century. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,008.00
303 Beechey (Capt. Frederick William) and others.

The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage...to the

1839 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
304 Hooker (Sir William Jackson)

Exotic Flora

1823-27. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
305 Ruel (Jean)

De natura stirpium libri tres

Basel 1537 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 2,772.00
306 Darwin (Charles, editor)

The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle

1839-42. GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 16,380.00
307 Darwin (Charles)

On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection

1860 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
308 Morris (Rev. F.O.)

A History of British Birds

1851-57 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
309 Micheli (Pietro Antonio)

Nova Plantarum Genera iuxta Tournefortii Methodum Diposita,

Florence 1729 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,197.00
310 Seebohm (Henry)

A History of British Birds

1895-96. GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
311 Sowerby (James)

English Botany

1790-1814 and 1831-63. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
312 Sowerby (James de Carle) and Edward Lear.

Tortoises, Terrapins, and Turtles

London Paris and Frankfurt 1872 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
313 Goldfinger (Erno)

Planning Your Homes

1945.?? GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
314 Italian School (18th century)

Collection of ten original elevations

18th century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 504.00
315 Palladio (Andrea)

Architecture

1736 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,197.00
316 Suter (Richard)

Ten archival albums comprising over 2,000 original drawings and

circa 1820s-1870s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,071.00
317 Tipping (H. Avray)

English Homes

1921-37 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,260.00
318 Fortification.- Bisset (Charles)

The Theory and Construction of Fortification

1751 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,071.00
319 Charles III (King) as HRH The Prince ofWales

Watercolours, signed by the Prince and Princess

1991 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 945.00
320 Chippendale (Thomas)

The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director

1755 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,780.00
321 Vanvitelli (Luigi)

Dichiarazione dei Disegni del Reale Palazzo di Caserta

Naples 1756 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,764.00
322 Blake (Quentin)

18 Autograph and 14 Typed Letters signed from the artist to his long-time publisher

1981 - 2016. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
323 Cole (Babette)

Author/illustrator's original mockup for Mummy Laid an Egg

1992-3. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,260.00
324 Grahame (Kenneth)

The Wind in the Willows

1908 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,268.00
325 Greenaway (Kate)

Flower girl

c.1890. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
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