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December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024
Page Size: 172 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
49 Lear,Edward. (English. 1812-1888.)

Whistling Swan, Cygnus ferus.

1832-37 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 241.30
50 Edwards, George (English, 1694-1773).

Two 18th C. Geo. Edwards Bird Engravings Matted

London 1743-1751 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
51 Martinet, Francois Nicolas. (French 1725-1804.)

Two 18th C. Martinet and Buffont Bird Engravings.

1770-1786 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 76.20
52 Martinet, Francois Nicolas. (French 1725-1804.)

Two 18th C.Martinet and Buffont Bird Engravings.

1770-1786 USD 120.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
53 Martinet, Francois Nicolas. (French 1725-1804.)

Two 18th C. Martinet and Buffont Bird Engravings.

1770-1786 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 76.20
54 Albin, Eleazar. (English 1620-1742.)

Two 18th C. Albin Hand Colored Engravings.

1737 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 101.60
55 Edwards, George (English, 1694-1773).

Seven 18th C. Geo. Edwards Naturalist Engravings.

1743-1751 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 114.30
56 Pennant, Thomas (Welsh, 1726-1798).

Two 18th C. Pennant Zoology Engravings.

London 1761-1766 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 114.30
57 Edwards, George. (British, 1694-1773);

Three 18th C. Seligmann Edwards Engravings.

Nuremberg 1748-1776 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
58 Aldrovandi, Ulisse (Italian, 1522-1605).

Two 16th C. Aldrovandi Woodblocks. Duck and Ibis.

Bologna 1599-1603 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 114.30
59 Curtis, William (English, 1746-1799).

18th C. Curtis. The Botanical Magazine. 10 vols.

London 1793-1804 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,445.00
60 Michaux, Francois Andrew; and Thomas Nuttall.

The North American Sylva

Philadelphia 1857-9 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,032.00
61 Plenck, Joseph Jakob.

Icones plantarum medicinalium

Vienna 1788 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,556.00
62 Brown, Captain Thomas.

Illustrations of the Conchology

Edinburgh & London 1827 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,016.00
63 Bry, Johann, Theodor, and Johann Israel de.

Pars Quarta Indiae orientalis

Matthaeus Becker 1601 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 635.00
64 Willughby, Francis; Ray, John.

Ornithologiae libri tres

London 1676 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 762.00
65 Munster, Sebastian. (German 1488-1552.)

Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier wie die...

Basel c.1550 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,524.00
66 Topsell, Edward .

1658 The History of Serpents & Theater of Insects.

London 1658 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,778.00
67 Catlin, George.

Letters and Notes on the Manners...Indians.

London 1841 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 317.50
68 Wilson, Alexander, with a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, prince of Musignano.

3 Vols. American Ornithology

London / Edinburgh 1832 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 571.50
69 Smith, James Edward.

Exotic Botany

London 1804 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 349.25
70 Gary E. Moulton, Edit.

The Journal of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Lincoln 1986-2001 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 539.75
71 Edwards, Sydenham.

2 vols. The Botanical Register

London 1815-66 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 603.25
72 Godman, John.

American Natural History

Philadelphia 1826-1828 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 317.50
73 Gerard, John.

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes

London 1633 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 203.20
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