Bonhams: Americana, Natural History, and Travel, 29515, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ANBUREY, THOMAS. FL. LATE 18TH CENTURY.] | Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters. |
London | 1789 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 2 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES 1785-1851. | Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America. |
Edinburgh | 1831-1849 (but 1831-1839). | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 3 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. | The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. |
New York & Philadelphia | [1839-]1840-1844. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 4 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851; and JOHN BACHMAN. 1790-1874. | The Quadrupeds of North America. |
New York | [1853-1856]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 5 | AUDUBON, VICTOR GIFFORD. 1809-1860. | Autograph Letter Signed ("V.G. Audubon") to P[ierre] Van Cortlandt regarding his subscription to Quadrupeds and delays in publishing, 4 |
New York | 1854 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 6 | AUDUBON, JOHN WOODHOUSE. 1812-1862. | "Night Watch," Pl. 2 from Illustrated Notes of an Expedition through Mexico and California. |
New York | 1852 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 7 | BARTRAM, WILLIAM. 1739-1823. | Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws.... |
London | 1792 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 8 | BIGELOW, JACOB. 1787-1879. | American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States.... |
Boston | 1817-20. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 9 | BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. 1803-1857. | American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson. |
Philadelphia | 1825-1833. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 10 | CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780. | Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America 1766, 1767, and 1768. |
London | 1781 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 11 | CASSIN, JOHN. 1813-1869. | Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. |
Philadelphia | 1856 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 12 | CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. | The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants... Revis'd by Mr. Edwards. |
London | 1754 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,500.00 |
| 13 | CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872. | North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. |
[London | c.1875 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 40,960.00 |
| 14 | CREVECOUR, MICHEL GUILLAUME ST. JEAN DE. 1735-1813. | Letters From an American Farmer. |
London | 1783 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 15 | Collection of 8 Documents Signed by the signers of the Declaration of Independence: |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |||
| 16 | EDWARDS, GEORGE. 1694-1773. | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. |
London | 1739-1751 [but 1802-1805]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 17 | GERARDE, JOHN. 1545-1612. | The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. |
London | 1636 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 18 | HAYDEN, FERDINAND VANDIVEER. 1829-1887. And ANDREW JOSEPH RUSSELL. 1829-1902. Photographer. | Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery. |
New York | 1870 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 19 | HOLBROOK, JOHN EDWARDS. 1794-1871. | North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles inhabiting the United States. |
Philadelphia | 1842 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 20 | JAMES, EDWIN. 1797-1861. | Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ... Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. |
London | 1823 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 21 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. | Notes on the State of Virginia. |
Philadelphia | 1788 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 22 | LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; and WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838. | Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. |
London | 1815 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,632.00 |
| 23 | MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; and JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1848-1850. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; and JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1870 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 25 | MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE. 1770-1855; and THOMAS NUTTALL. 1786-1859. | The North American Sylva; Or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. |
Philadelphia | 1859 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
