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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Four volumes on African exploration, travel, and history View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Africa)Author**HeadlineFour volumes on African exploration, travel, andDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #6 Five works on Asian travel or history View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Asia)Author**HeadlineFive works on Asian travel or historyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #13 European Ferns: With Coloured Illustrations from Nature by D. Blair View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorBritten, JamesHeadlineEuropean Ferns by J. Britten illus. D. Blair 1888PublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[c.1888] Lot #14 Three volumes on Canadian travel and history View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Canada)Author**HeadlineThree volumes on Canadian travel and historyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorClaridge, W. WaltonHeadlineHistory of the gold Coast and Ashanti 2vol 1915PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1915 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.... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook's Second Voyage Second Edition 1777PublisherW. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1777 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 #33 The Life of Lord Curzon. Being the Authorized Biography of George Nathaniel Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Curzon, George Nathaniel, Lord)AuthorRonaldshay, Lawrence, EarlHeadlineRonaldshay's Life of Lord CurzonPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published[1928] Lot #34 Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCurzon, George Nathaniel, LordHeadlineCurzon's Russia in Central Asia 1889PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1889 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 #47 Our Viceregal Life in India. Selections from my Journal 1884-1888 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorDufferin & Ava, Harriot (The Marchioness)HeadlineViceregal Life in India by Marchioness DufferinPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1889 Lot #49 Political Reflections Upon the Finances and Commerce of France View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Author[Dutot, Charles de Ferrare]HeadlineFinances and Commerce of France 1739PublisherA. MillarDate Published1739 Lot #51 Fifteen volumes on European travel and history View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Europe)Author**HeadlineFifteen volumes on European travel and historyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #53 Souvenirs Entomologiques (ten volume set) plus La Vie de J.H. Fabre View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorFabre, J[ean] H[enri]Headline11 volumes Souvenirs Entomologiques & La ViePublisherDelagraveDate Published1923-1925 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 #71 A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World.... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorGuthrie, WilliamHeadlineGuthries Modern Geography 1788PublisherC. Dilly & G. RobinsonDate Published1788 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 #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 #93 The Russo-Afghan Question and the Invasion of India View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorMalleson, George BruceHeadlineMalleson's Russo-Afghan Question 1885PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1885 Lot #94 Geographie Universelle de Malte-Brun View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMalte-BrunHeadlineGeographie Universelle de Malte-BrunPublisherDufour, Boulanger et LegrandDate Published1862 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 #97 The Geographical Magazine; Or, New System of Geography View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorMartyn, William FrederickHeadlineMartyn's Geographical Magazine 1793PublisherHarrison and Co.Date Published1793 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 #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 #114 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World... Vol. III, Containing the Ceremonies of the Idolatrous Nations View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, [Bernard]HeadlineCeremonies of the Idolatrous NationsPublisherNicholas PrevostDate Published1731 Lot #115 The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Idolatrous Nations... Vol. IV View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPicart, BernardHeadlineCeremonies of the Idolatrous NationsPublisherJames Bettenham, for Claude Du BoscDate Published1735 Lot #120 A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRaynal, Abbé [Guillaume-Thomas François]HeadlineAbbe Reynal's 8vols history east & west indiesPublisherPrinted for A. Strahan and J. CadellDate Published1788 Lot #125 Five volumes of 19th century travel by sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Sea Travel)Author**HeadlineFive volumes of 19th century travel by seaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Eighteen volumes of travel, exploration, and history View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Travel & Exploration)Author**Headline18 volumes of travel and exploration & historyDate PublishedVarious dates 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 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorVerelst, HarryHeadlinePresent State of Government in Bengal 1772PublisherJ. Nourse, et alDate Published1772 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 #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 #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 #236 Large collection of engraved plates after classical artwork View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Classical Art)Author**Headline153 engraved plates after classical artworkDate Published1859 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 #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 #255 18th and 19th century portrait engravings View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Engravings)Author**Headline21 engraved portraits of historical figuresDate Published18th and 19th Century Lot #270 11 engravings of historical or literary scenes View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Historical)Author**Headline11 engravings of historical scenesDate Published1800's Lot #272 Three folio engravings after William Hogarth View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Hogarth, William)Author**Headline3 large engravings after William HogarthDate Published[c.1850s] 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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next