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Blair 1888PublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[c.1888] Lot #29 Rural Hours View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Cooper, Susan Fenimore]HeadlineRural Hours ornithological color plts SusanCooperPublisherWillis P. HazardDate Published1854 Lot #30 The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorCooper, William T. and Joseph M. ForshawHeadlineThe Birds of Paradise and Bower BirdsPublisherCollinsDate Published[1977] Lot #31 The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCory, Charles B.HeadlineThe Birds of Haiti and San DomingoPublisherEstes & LauriatDate Published1884-85 Lot #32 Die Trachten der Volker View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Costume)AuthorKretschmer, Albert & Dr. Carl RohrbachHeadline100 chromolithograph costume platesPublisherFarbendruckDate Published[c. 1864] Lot #41 The New Botanic Garden, illustrated with one hundred and thirty-three plants, engraved by Sansom, from the original pictures, and coloured with the greatest exactness from drawings by Sydenham Edwards View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Author[Dickson, R.W.]HeadlineEdward's New Botanic Garden with colored platesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1812 Lot #54 The Book of the Salmon View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Fitzgibbon, Edward] "Ephemera"HeadlineThe Book of the SalmonPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1850 Lot #55 Storia Delle Indie Orientali View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorFlechia, GiovanniHeadlineStoria Delle Indie OrientaliPublisherSebastiano Franco E FigliDate Published1862 Lot #58 Histoire du Costume Masculin Francais View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(France)AuthorGiafferri, Paul-Louis deHeadlineHistoire du Costume Masculin FrancaisPublisherEditions NilssonDate Published[1927] Lot #60 The Flower-Garden Display'd, In Above Four Hundred Curious Representations of the Most Beautiful Flowers; Regularly Dispos'd in the Respective Months of Their Blossoms... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorFurber, [Robert]HeadlineThe Flower-Garden Display'd 1734PublisherPrinted for R. Montagu, J. Brindley & C. CorbettDate Published1734 Lot #63 [Flora Sibirica sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae] - Plates only View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Author[Gmelin, Johann Georg]HeadlineOnly colored copy Flora Sibirica PlatesPublisherAcademiae ScientiarumDate Published1747-69 Lot #64 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineA History of the Earth and Animated NaturePublisherBlackie and SonDate Published1860 Lot #68 Hardy Bulbs Including Half-Hardy Bulbs and Tuberous and Fibrous-Rooted Plants View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrey, Charles HerveyHeadlineHardy Bulbs by Charles H. Grey in 3 vols, w/djPublisherWilliams & Norgate Ltd.Date Published[1937-1938] Lot #82 Le Livres de Orchidées View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorKerchove de Denterghem, O[swald] deHeadlineLe Livres de Orchidées 31 ChromolithographsPublisherHoste & MassonDate Published1894 Lot #83 Tunis et ses Environs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLallemand, CharlesHeadlineTunis et ses Environs 1890PublisherMaison QuantinDate Published1890 Lot #84 A Description of the Genus Pinus, With Directions Relative to the Cultivation, and Remarks on the Uses of the Several Species: Also Description of Many Other New Species of the Family of Coniferae. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorLambert, Aylmer BourkeHeadlineLambert's Description of the Genus Pinus 1832PublisherMessrs. WeddellDate Published1832 Lot #89 The Picture of London, Enlarged and Improved: Being a Correct Guide for the Stranger and Useful Compendium for the Inhabitant View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(London)Author**HeadlineThe Picture of London, Enlarged and ImprovedPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published[c. 1822] Lot #96 Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; Intended to Illustrate Linnæus's System of Vegetables, and Particularly Adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMartyn, ThomasHeadline38 plates Linnaeus system Vegetables 1799 MartynPublisherJ. WhiteDate Published1799 Lot #98 The Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist; Containing the Latest and Most Approved Methods for the Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower-Garden, the Green-House, Hot-House, &c. &c... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMcIntosh, CharlesHeadlinePractical Gardener by Charles McIntosh, 2volsPublisherThomas KellyDate Published1832-1833 Lot #100 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallHeadlineMichaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1859PublisherRice, Rutter & Co.Date Published1865 Lot #106 Mexican Dances View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorObregon, Luis FelipeHeadlineMexican DancesPublisherRoberto RiverollDate Published[1947] Lot #107 L'Exposition de Paris (1889) View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Paris Exposition)Author**HeadlineParis Exposition 1889PublisherLibrairie IllustreeDate Published1889 Lot #112 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World... Vol. I, Containing the Ceremonies of the Jews, &c View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, [Bernard]HeadlinePicart's Ceremonies & Customs Vol. IPublisherNicholas PrevostDate Published1731 Lot #113 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World... Vol. II, Containing the Ceremonies of the Roman Catholicks View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, [Bernard]HeadlinePicart's Ceremonies & Customs Vol. IIPublisherNicholas PrevostDate Published1731 Lot #135 Five volumes published by A. & C. Black View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Travel - A. & C. Black)Author**HeadlineFive volumes published by A. & C. BlackPublisherA. & C. BlackDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #139 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherA. Morel & Cie.Date Published1872-75 Lot #142 Gustave Weise's Naturgeschichte in Bildern View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWeise, GustaveHeadlineGustave Weise's Naturgeschichte in BildernPublisherGustave WeiseDate Published[1893] Lot #143 Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Des Pflanzenreichs erster Theil View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWilhelm, Gottlieb TobiasHeadline1813 botanical plates in GermanPublisherGedruckt auf Kosten des HerausgebersDate Published1813 Lot #202 Engraved portraits of important American figures View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(American)Author**Headline4 engravings of important American figuresPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published1861-62 Lot #203 Engravings of early American cityscapes, historical engravings, and Philadelphia's factories View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzzd(Americana)Author**Headline75 engravings of American cities and historicalDate Published1850's Lot #206 7 engraved plates of ancient ruins View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Architecture)Author**Headline7 handcolored engrved plates of ancient ruinsDate Published19th Century Lot #208 Plates of French artwork View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzd(Art)Author**Headline120 plates from books on French artwork/artistsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #210 Macgillivray's Shore-Finch from The Birds of America View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorAudubon J[ohn] J[ames]HeadlineMacgillivray's Shore-Finch Audubon Birds of AmerPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published[c.1850] Lot #211 Collection of lithographs from Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorAudubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.Headline42 color lithos from Quadrupeds of N.Amer AudubonPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published[c.1860] Lot #212 Nine hand-colored lithographs from The Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorAudubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.Headline9 handcolored lithos by J.J. Audobon & sonPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published[1849-1871] Lot #216 Collection of engraved plates from a French encyclopedia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBenardHeadline22 copper engraved plates of French encyclopediaDate Published[c.1800] Lot #218 Large collection of plates from a French encyclopedia View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBenardHeadlineapprox 210 engraved plts from French encyclopediaDate Published[c.1800] Lot #220 15 engraved plates from a French encyclopedia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBenardHeadline15 engraved plates from French encyclopediaDate Published[c.1800] Lot #221 Six chromolithographs from A Child's Garden of Verses View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBennett, Juanita C.Headline6 chromolithographs by Juanita C. BennettDate Published[c.1930] Lot #224 Collection of engravings from Curtis's Botanical Magazine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Botanical)Author**Headline77 handcolored engravingsCurtis's botanic magazinDate Published1790-1834 Lot #227 Copper engravings from Flora: Medico-Farmaceutica View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzd(Botanical)Author**Headline91 handcolored medicinal floral copper plates1850PublisherTipografia di Giuseppe CassoneDate Published1850 Lot #231 Two Japanese woodblock color prints View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Botanical)Author**Headline2 color botanical woodblock prints c.1917Date Published[c.1917] Lot #232 11 chromolithograph plates from Journal des Roses View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Headingzzd(Botanical)Author**Headline11 chromolithograph plates from Journal des RosesDate Published1888-1907 Lot #233 63 military and political portrait engravings View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Chappel, Alonzo)Author**Headline63 Engravings of military and political figuresDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #234 Collection of 85 engraved plates - 4 colored View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Headingzzd(China)AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadlineAllom's China 85 plates including 4 coloredDate Published[c. 1859] Lot #238 Chinese husband and wife - two hand-colored engravings View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**HeadlineMandarin man & his wife-2 color engravings 1780PublisherPauquet BrothersDate Published1780 Lot #239 Collection of costume plates from around the world View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline17 costume plates from various publicationsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #240 Collection of costume plates largely from Costumes Historiques View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline40 costume plates from Costumes Historiques,etc.Date PublishedNo date Lot #241 Collection of plates from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline38 plates from dress&Manners of Russian empireDate Published[c.1820] Lot #242 Nine plates of Russian dress View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline9 stipple-engravings of Russian Dress c1820Date Published[c.1820] Lot #243 Four military chromolithographs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)AuthorOdgen, H[enry] A[lexander]Headline4 military chromolithos by H.A. Odgen 1885-1908Date Published1885-1908 Lot #244 7 plates from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline7 costume plates, dress & manners of RussiansDate Published[c.1820] Lot #245 39 plates from The Costume of the Russian Empire View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline39 stipple engraved plates costume Russian empirePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 (but 1822) Lot #246 26 plates of George Cruikshank art View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadline26 handcolored plates of George CruikshankDate Published[c.1900] Lot #251 Collection of plates from a German encyclopedia View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Encyclopedia)Author**Headline15 plates from 1900 German encyclopediaPublisherBibliographisches Institut in LeipzigDate Published[c.1900] Lot #252 Collection of prints from encyclopedic text, plus two locomotive woodcuts View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Encyclopedia)Author**Headline9 prints, mostly encyclopedic texts, 2 trainsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #253 Plates from a German encyclopedia View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Encyclopedia)Author**Headline63 plates from German encyclopedia circa 1900PublisherBibliographisches Institut in LeipzigDate Published[c.1900] Lot #254 37 engraved views of England View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(England)Author**Headline37 engravings of England, various artists c.1880sPublisherGeo. VirtueDate Published[c.1850-80] Lot #256 Art and Letters: An Illustrated Review View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Etchings)Author**HeadlineArt and Letters Illustrated Review 1888 etchingsPublisherRoussod, Valadon & Co. / Charles Scribner's SonsDate Published1888 Lot #261 20 hand-colored lithographs from Historia de Chile View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorGay, ClaudioHeadline20 handcolored lithos from Gay'sHistoria de ChileDate Published[1854] Lot #262 Engravings by G. Geifsler - views, maps, and sights of Russia in 1793-94 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorGeifsler, G.Headline21 engravings, most in color by G. GeifslerDate Published1802 Lot #268 Collection of illustrations from Harper's Weekly View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Harper's Weekly)Author**Headline17 woodcut illustrated pages Harper's WeeklyPublisher[Harper & Brothers]Date Published1860s-1890s Lot #269 Nine woodcut illustrated pages from Harper's Weekly View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Harper's Weekly)Author**Headline9 woodcut illustrated pages from Harper's WeeklyPublisher[Harper & Brothers]Date Published1874-75 Lot #271 Collection of 19th century engravings after Hogarth View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Hogarth, William)Author**Headline84 19th cent. engravings after HogarthDate Published[19th Century] Lot #273 Large collection of illustrations from the Illustrated London News View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzd(Illustrated London News)Author**Headlinecollection of woodcuts from Illus. London NewsDate Published1850s-1890s Lot #274 Collection woodcuts from 19th Century illustrated periodicals View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Illustrated News)Author**Headlinewoodcuts from 19th Century illustrated periodicalDate Published1800's Lot #276 Four portfolios of arts and interiors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzd(Interiors)Author**Headline4 portfolios full of plates illust interiorsDate Published1920's Lot #277 21 illustrations from Judge magazine View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Judge)Author**Headline21 illustrations from Judge political magazinePublisherJudge CompanyDate Published1899-1907 Lot #278 Twelve plates from oil paintings of great composers View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Jäger, Carl)Author**Headline12 plates from paintings of great composers 1876PublisherJames R. Osgood and CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #279 Five hand-colored lithographs illustrating members of the genus Canis View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorKeulemans, J[ohn] G[erard]Headlinedogs, foxes lithos by J.G. Keulemans 1870'sPublisherMintern Bros.Date Published[c.1870] Lot #283 48 illustrations from La Baionnette magazine View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzd(La Baionnette)Author**Headline48 illustrations from La Baionnette magazineDate Published1910-1920 Lot #285 Collection of prints of animals from the Order Artiodactyla View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Mammals)Author**Headline15 prints (most in color) of deer, zebra, elk,etcDate Published1880's Lot #287 Illustrated plates of the Mediterranean View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Mediterranean)Author**Headline18 illustrated plates of the MediterraneanDate Published[1802-1870] Lot #290 Three hand-colored lithographs of Napoleon View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Napoleon)Author**HeadlineThree hand-colored lithographs of NapoleonDate Publishedmid 19th century Lot #291 Twelve woodcut caricatures from Harper's Weekly View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorNast, ThomasHeadlineThomas Nast woodcuts caricaturesHarper'sweeklyPublisher[Harper & Brothers]Date Published1871-1880 Lot #292 Collection of engravings of animals from Buffon and Lizar View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Natural History)Author**Headlineapprox 100 engravings of animals/buffon & lizarDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #297 Collection of plates from the Birds of the British Museum View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Ornithology)AuthorSmith, J. and J[ean] G[erard] KeulemenasHeadline80 chromolithos from Birds of British museumPublisherMintern Bros.Date Published[c.1880] Lot #298 62 engraved plates from Picturesque America View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Picturesque America)Author**Headline62 engraved plates from Picturesque AmericaPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1869-1873 Lot #302 10 illustrations from Puck View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Puck)Author**Headline10 plates from Puck political magazinePublisherPuck PressDate Published1899-1900 Lot #305 Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. by S.W. Reynolds, and Other Eminent Engravers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorReynolds, JoshuaHeadline68 engravings from works by Sir Joshua ReynoldsPublisherHenry Graves & CompanyDate Published1832-1878 Lot #307 Collection of engravings of shells View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzzd(Shells)Author**Headline20 handcolored engravings of shellsDate Published[c.1830] Lot #308 19th Century prints of shells View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzzd(Shells)Author**Headline19th cent. shell prints in color matted-8 printsDate Publishedvarious dates Lot #311 Nine chromolithograph illustrations View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorStone, CharlotteHeadline9 chromolitho illustrations by Charlotte StoneDate Published[c.1930] Lot #312 Eight color lithograph plates from Studer's Birds of North America View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorStuder, Jacob H.Headline8 color lithos from Studer's birds of no. americaPublisher[Jacob H. Studer & Co.]Date Published[c. 1880] Lot #313 19 color lithograph plates from Studer's Birds of North America View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorStuder, Jacob H.Headline19 color lithos from Studer's Birds of No. AmericPublisher[Jacob H. Studer & Co.]Date Published[c. 1880] Lot #315 Eight illustrations from Vanity Fair - Statesmen View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Vanity Fair Statesmen)Author**Headline8 statesmen illustrations Vanity Fair 1869-73PublisherVanity FairDate Published1869-1873 Lot #316 Approximately 400 prints of various subjects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzd(Various)Author**Headline400 prints from various genres, sizes, dates, etcDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #317 Collection of prints of views largely of England View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Views)Author**Headlineapprox 79 views of England and other placesDate Published18th and 19th century Lot #319 Collections of lithographed views from the US Pacific Railroad Exploration & Surveys View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzzd(Views)Author**Headline37 views from US PRR Exp & Surveys lithographsDate Published[1850s] Lot #321 Voyages of the Astrolabe - 15 lithograph views View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Headingzzd(Views)Author**Headline15 lithographs of voyages de l'AstrolabeDate Publishedc.1840 Lot #325 Hand-colored 19th century engravings View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Woodcuts)Author**Headline16-19th cent engraved scenes, most handcoloredDate Published19th Century Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next