Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 22693, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | [FOSTER, George (fl. 1735-1740)] -- Robert SAYER (1735-1794). | A New & Correct Map of all America, with the West India Islands, according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris, 10th Feby. 1763. |
London | n.d. but probably 1763-1767. | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 127 | COOK, Captain James (1728-1779) and Captain James KING (1750-1784) | Troisieme voyage de Cook, ou voyage a l'ocean Pacifique... pour faire des decouvertes dans l'hemisphere nord...Traduit de l'anglois par M.D[emeunier]. |
Paris | 1785 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 128 | BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, vicomte de (1707-1788) | Collection des animaux quadrupedes. |
Paris | n.d. but c. 1790 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 129 | VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798) | A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed ... and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795. |
London | 1798 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 88,200.00 |
| 130 | LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houton de (1755-1834) | Voyage in Search of La Perouse. |
London | 1800 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 37,800.00 |
| 131 | [Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)] | A George III mahogany writing slope, c.1800 |
c.1800 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 | |
| 132 | FLINDERS, Matthew (1774-1814) | A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in his Majesty's Ship the Investigator. |
London | 1814 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 119,700.00 |
| 133 | Major General William Thomas Eden (1768-1851), youngest son of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland | A panoramic view of Calcutta, 1812 |
1812 | GBP 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 327,600.00 | |
| 134 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Sense and Sensibility. |
London | 1811 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 135 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).] | Pride and Prejudice. |
London | 1813 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 81,900.00 |
| 136 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Mansfield Park: A Novel. |
London | 1814 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 |
| 137 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Emma: A Novel. |
London | 1816 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 138 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. |
London | 1818 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 139 | REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840) | Douze Bouquets Dessines et composes par P. J. Redoute lithographies par A. Prevost et Pointel du Portail. |
Paris and New York | n.d. but c.1835 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | BONAFOUS, Matthieu (1793-1852) | Histoire naturelle, agricole et economique du mais. |
Paris and Turin | 1836 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 141 | HUGO, Victor (1802-1885) | Notre-Dame de Paris. |
Paris | 1836 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 142 | LABORDE, Leon, Comte de (1807-1869) | Voyage de la Syrie par Mrs. Alexandre de Laborde, Becker, Hall, et Leon de Laborde. |
Paris | 1837 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 143 | [TATIKIAN, Bogos (fl.1840s-?), attributed to] | Chronologie des empereurs ottomans. |
Smyrna | c.1852 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 144 | LIENARD, Jean-Felix (1812-1894) | Catalogue des champignons observee et recuillis dans le dept de la Meuse et figurant dans le collection de Monsieur F. Lienard. |
Verdun | 1855-1871-1875-1880 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 145 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | The Birds of Great Britain. |
London | 1862-1873 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 40,320.00 |
| 146 | [BERKELEY, Robert Valentine (1853-1940), artist, and Miles Joseph BERKELEY (1803-1889), editor and compiler] | Lancashire fungi [thus titled on spine]. |
Sibbertoft | 1872-1885 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 147 | MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879) | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. |
Oxford | 1873 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 148 | MAREY, Etienne-Jules (1830-1904) and Maxime GUERIN-CATELAIN (fl. late-19th century) | Four original photographs of a jumping military horse. gelatin silver prints 16.3 x 23cm; 16.3 x 23cm; 16.2 x 23cm; and 16.3 x 23cm. Photographed c.1895-1898 |
c.1895-1898 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Uber die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Warme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flussigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen.' Offprint from: Annalen der Physik, 4th Series, vol. 17. |
Leipzig | 1905 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 113,400.00 |
| 150 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | 'Ist die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig?' Offprint from: Annalen der Physik, 4th Series, vol. 18. |
Leipzig | 1905 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 81,900.00 |
