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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
99 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749).

Two 18th C Catesby Wild Pine Grunt Fish Engravings

London 1739-1771 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
100 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749).

Two 18th C. Catesby Squirrel Engravings.

London 1739-1771 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
101 Catesby, Mark. (British, 1682-1749).

Turtle of Carolina.

1771-1810 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 177.80
102 Catesby, Mark. (British, 1682-1749.)

Catesby. Sciurus Volans.

c.1800 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
103

3 Framed Ornithology Engravings.

c.1776 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
104 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749).

18th C. Catesby Black Snake Reptile Engraving.

London c1743 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
105 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749).

18th C. Catesby The Hooping Crane Bird Engraving.

London ca.1731 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 254.00
106 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Two 18th C. Seligmann Mammal Engravings.

Nuremberg 1749-1764 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 76.20
107 Catesby, Mark (English, 1720--1762). Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

18th C. Catesby & Seligmann Brown Flycatcher. 8.

Nurmberg 1749-1776 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 63.50
108 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Five 18th C. Seligmann Shore Bird Engravings

Nuremberg 1749-1764 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 88.90
109 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Five 18th C. Seligmann Bird Engravings. Matted.

Nuremberg 1749-1764 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 114.30
110 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Three 18th C. Seligmann Bird & Plant Engravings.

Nuremberg 1749-1764 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 38.10
111 Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749); Seligmann, Johann (German, 1720--1762).

Seven 18th C. Seligmann Bird Engravings.

Nuremberg 1749-1764 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 127.00
111A Catesby, Mark (British, 1682-1749).

Engraving of "Flying Squirrel With Persimmon"

London 1731-1743 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 317.50
112 Gould, John (English, 1804-1881).

Three 19th C. Gould Prints of Sea Birds.

c.1870 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
113 Gould, John (British, 1804-1881).

Two 19th C. Gould Hand Colored Bird Lithographs.

London 1862-1873 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
114 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Five 19th C. Wilson Hand Colored Bird Engravings.

Philadelphia 1855 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
115 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Four 1820s Wilson Engravings. Includes Woodpeckers

New York 1818-1829 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 254.00
116 Wilson, Alexander. (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Wilson. Red Owl, Flycatcher, Finch, & Lark. 42

1829 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
117 Wilson, Alexander (American, 1766-1813).

19th C. Wilson Engraving Green Heron, Pl. 61.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
118 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Wilson - Carolina Parrot & Flycatchers.

Philadelphia 1871 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
119 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

19th C Wilson Painted Bunting Pl 24 Bird Engraving

1818-1829 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 127.00
120 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Three 19th C. Wilson Folio Bird Engravings.

Philadelphia 1828-1829 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
121 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

Six Early 19th C. Wilson Colored Bird Engravings.

Philadelphia and New York 1808-1814 ,1828-1829 respectively USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
122 Wilson, Alexander (Scottish/American, 1766-1813).

2 Handcolored Alexander Wilson Engravings.

Early 19th century USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 101.60
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