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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Four volumes on African exploration, travel, and history Heading(Africa)Author**HeadlineFour volumes on African exploration, travel, andDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #6 Five works on Asian travel or history Heading(Asia)Author**HeadlineFive works on Asian travel or historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 European Ferns: With Coloured Illustrations from Nature by D. Blair AuthorBritten, JamesHeadlineEuropean Ferns by J. Britten illus. D. Blair 1888PublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[c.1888] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #14 Three volumes on Canadian travel and history Heading(Canada)Author**HeadlineThree volumes on Canadian travel and historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #21 A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti AuthorClaridge, W. WaltonHeadlineHistory of the gold Coast and Ashanti 2vol 1915PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #24 A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of the Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships.... AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook's Second Voyage Second Edition 1777PublisherW. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1777 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 Rural Hours Author[Cooper, Susan Fenimore]HeadlineRural Hours ornithological color plts SusanCooperPublisherWillis P. HazardDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #30 The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds AuthorCooper, William T. and Joseph M. ForshawHeadlineThe Birds of Paradise and Bower BirdsPublisherCollinsDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #31 The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo AuthorCory, Charles B.HeadlineThe Birds of Haiti and San DomingoPublisherEstes & LauriatDate Published1884-85 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #32 Die Trachten der Volker Heading(Costume)AuthorKretschmer, Albert & Dr. Carl RohrbachHeadline100 chromolithograph costume platesPublisherFarbendruckDate Published[c. 1864] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 The Life of Lord Curzon. Being the Authorized Biography of George Nathaniel Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. Heading(Curzon, George Nathaniel, Lord)AuthorRonaldshay, Lawrence, EarlHeadlineRonaldshay's Life of Lord CurzonPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #34 Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question AuthorCurzon, George Nathaniel, LordHeadlineCurzon's Russia in Central Asia 1889PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 Author[Dickson, R.W.]HeadlineEdward's New Botanic Garden with colored platesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #47 Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888 AuthorDufferin & Ava, Harriot (The Marchioness)HeadlineViceregal Life in India by Marchioness DufferinPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1889 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #49 Political Reflections Upon the Finances and Commerce of France Author[Dutot, Charles de Ferrare]HeadlineFinances and Commerce of France 1739PublisherA. MillarDate Published1739 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #51 Fifteen volumes on European travel and history Heading(Europe)Author**HeadlineFifteen volumes on European travel and historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #53 Souvenirs Entomologiques (ten volume set) plus La Vie de J.H. Fabre AuthorFabre, J[ean] H[enri]Headline11 volumes Souvenirs Entomologiques & La ViePublisherDelagraveDate Published1923-1925 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Book of the Salmon Author[Fitzgibbon, Edward] "Ephemera"HeadlineThe Book of the SalmonPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #55 Storia Delle Indie Orientali HeadingzzcAuthorFlechia, GiovanniHeadlineStoria Delle Indie OrientaliPublisherSebastiano Franco E FigliDate Published1862 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #58 Histoire du Costume Masculin Francais Heading(France)AuthorGiafferri, Paul-Louis deHeadlineHistoire du Costume Masculin FrancaisPublisherEditions NilssonDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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... AuthorFurber, [Robert]HeadlineThe Flower-Garden Display'd 1734PublisherPrinted for R. Montagu, J. Brindley & C. CorbettDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #63 [Flora Sibirica sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae] - Plates only Author[Gmelin, Johann Georg]HeadlineOnly colored copy Flora Sibirica PlatesPublisherAcademiae ScientiarumDate Published1747-69 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineA History of the Earth and Animated NaturePublisherBlackie and SonDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World.... AuthorGuthrie, WilliamHeadlineGuthries Modern Geography 1788PublisherC. Dilly & G. RobinsonDate Published1788 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #82 Le Livres de Orchidées AuthorKerchove de Denterghem, O[swald] deHeadlineLe Livres de Orchidées 31 ChromolithographsPublisherHoste & MassonDate Published1894 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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. AuthorLambert, Aylmer BourkeHeadlineLambert's Description of the Genus Pinus 1832PublisherMessrs. WeddellDate Published1832 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #93 The Russo-Afghan Question and the Invasion of India AuthorMalleson, George BruceHeadlineMalleson's Russo-Afghan Question 1885PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1885 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #94 Geographie Universelle de Malte-Brun AuthorMalte-BrunHeadlineGeographie Universelle de Malte-BrunPublisherDufour, Boulanger et LegrandDate Published1862 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold 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 AuthorMartyn, ThomasHeadline38 plates Linnaeus system Vegetables 1799 MartynPublisherJ. WhiteDate Published1799 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #97 The Geographical Magazine; Or, New System of Geography HeadingzzcAuthorMartyn, William FrederickHeadlineMartyn's Geographical Magazine 1793PublisherHarrison and Co.Date Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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... AuthorMcIntosh, CharlesHeadlinePractical Gardener by Charles McIntosh, 2volsPublisherThomas KellyDate Published1832-1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #100 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallHeadlineMichaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1859PublisherRice, Rutter & Co.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #106 Mexican Dances AuthorObregon, Luis FelipeHeadlineMexican DancesPublisherRoberto RiverollDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #112 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World... Vol. I, Containing the Ceremonies of the Jews, &c HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, [Bernard]HeadlinePicart's Ceremonies & Customs Vol. IPublisherNicholas PrevostDate Published1731 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #114 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World... Vol. III, Containing the Ceremonies of the Idolatrous Nations HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, [Bernard]HeadlineCeremonies of the Idolatrous NationsPublisherNicholas PrevostDate Published1731 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #115 The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Idolatrous Nations... Vol. IV HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, BernardHeadlineCeremonies of the Idolatrous NationsPublisherJames Bettenham, for Claude Du BoscDate Published1735 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #120 A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies... AuthorRaynal, Abbé [Guillaume-Thomas François]HeadlineAbbe Reynal's 8vols history east & west indiesPublisherPrinted for A. Strahan and J. CadellDate Published1788 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #125 Five volumes of 19th century travel by sea Heading(Sea Travel)Author**HeadlineFive volumes of 19th century travel by seaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #134 Eighteen volumes of travel, exploration, and history Heading(Travel & Exploration)Author**Headline18 volumes of travel and exploration & historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #138 A View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Government in Bengal: Including a Reply to the Misrepresentations of Mr. Bolts and other Writers AuthorVerelst, HarryHeadlinePresent State of Government in Bengal 1772PublisherJ. Nourse, et alDate Published1772 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #139 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherA. Morel & Cie.Date Published1872-75 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #143 Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Des Pflanzenreichs erster Theil AuthorWilhelm, Gottlieb TobiasHeadline1813 botanical plates in GermanPublisherGedruckt auf Kosten des HerausgebersDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Engravings of early American cityscapes, historical engravings, and Philadelphia's factories Headingzzd(Americana)Author**Headline75 engravings of American cities and historicalDate Published1850's View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #236 Large collection of engraved plates after classical artwork Headingzzd(Classical Art)Author**Headline153 engraved plates after classical artworkDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #238 Chinese husband and wife - two hand-colored engravings Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**HeadlineMandarin man & his wife-2 color engravings 1780PublisherPauquet BrothersDate Published1780 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #239 Collection of costume plates from around the world Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline17 costume plates from various publicationsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #240 Collection of costume plates largely from Costumes Historiques Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline40 costume plates from Costumes Historiques,etc.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #241 Collection of plates from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline38 plates from dress&Manners of Russian empireDate Published[c.1820] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #242 Nine plates of Russian dress Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline9 stipple-engravings of Russian Dress c1820Date Published[c.1820] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #243 Four military chromolithographs Headingzzd(Costume Plates)AuthorOdgen, H[enry] A[lexander]Headline4 military chromolithos by H.A. Odgen 1885-1908Date Published1885-1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #244 7 plates from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline7 costume plates, dress & manners of RussiansDate Published[c.1820] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #245 39 plates from The Costume of the Russian Empire Headingzzd(Costume Plates)Author**Headline39 stipple engraved plates costume Russian empirePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 (but 1822) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #246 26 plates of George Cruikshank art HeadingzzdAuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadline26 handcolored plates of George CruikshankDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #252 Collection of prints from encyclopedic text, plus two locomotive woodcuts Headingzzd(Encyclopedia)Author**Headline9 prints, mostly encyclopedic texts, 2 trainsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #255 18th and 19th century portrait engravings Headingzzd(Engravings)Author**Headline21 engraved portraits of historical figuresDate Published18th and 19th Century View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #270 11 engravings of historical or literary scenes Headingzzd(Historical)Author**Headline11 engravings of historical scenesDate Published1800's View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #272 Three folio engravings after William Hogarth Headingzzd(Hogarth, William)Author**Headline3 large engravings after William HogarthDate Published[c.1850s] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #276 Four portfolios of arts and interiors Headingzzd(Interiors)Author**Headline4 portfolios full of plates illust interiorsDate Published1920's View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #283 48 illustrations from La Baionnette magazine Headingzzd(La Baionnette)Author**Headline48 illustrations from La Baionnette magazineDate Published1910-1920 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #287 Illustrated plates of the Mediterranean Headingzzd(Mediterranean)Author**Headline18 illustrated plates of the MediterraneanDate Published[1802-1870] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #290 Three hand-colored lithographs of Napoleon Headingzzc(Napoleon)Author**HeadlineThree hand-colored lithographs of NapoleonDate Publishedmid 19th century View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next