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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, ad annum 1726-[36] -- Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, ad annum 1747-8 Heading(Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg)Author**PublisherAcademiae ScientiarumDate Published1729-50 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #2 Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg Heading(Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg)Author**PublisherL'Académie Impériale des SciencesDate Published1809-1826 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #4 The Angler's Note-book and Naturalist's Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry and Discussion on Fish, Fishing and Subjects of Natural History Heading(Angler's Note-book...)Author**PublisherWilliam Satchell / Elliot StockDate Published1880; 1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #6 The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America AuthorAudubon, John JamesPublisherAmerican Heritage Publishing Co.Date Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #11 Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana AuthorBeebe, William, G. Inness Hartley and Paul G. HowesPublisherThe New York Zoological SocietyDate Published1917 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #15 A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThornton, Robert John, M.D.PublisherPrinted for Richard PhillipsDate Published1810 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #23 Travels in the Western Hebrides: From 1782 to 1790 AuthorBuchanan, John LanePublisherPrinted for G. G. J. and J. Robinson and J. DebrettDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux AuthorBuffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte dePublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1780-1785 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #27 Atlas historique et geographique AuthorBuy de Mornas, ClaudePublisherDesnosDate Published1762 View details Estimate$700 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #28 A Voyage Round the World, In His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. In Which is Contained, A faithful Account of the several Places, People, Plants, Animals, & c. seen on the Voyage: And, among other Particulars, A minute and exact Description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the Gigantic People called Patagonians. Together with An accurate Account of Seven Islands lately discovered in the South Seas by an Officer on Board the said ship [and] The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron...Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746. With a Description of St. Jago de Chili, and the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron AuthorByron, [John]PublisherPrinted for J. & F. Newberry / Printed for S. Baker, G. Leigh & T. DaviesDate Published1767; 1768 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #29 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series Heading(California Academy of Sciences)Author**PublisherThe AcademyDate Published1909-1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #30 The Fisherman's Magazine and Review AuthorCholmondeley-Pennell, H., ed.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1864; 1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #33 Our South African Flora / Ons Suid-Afrikaanse Plantegroei AuthorCompton, R. H., comp.PublisherCape Times / United Tobacco, Westminster Tobacco, Policansky BrothersDate Published[c.1948] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #35 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S., and Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. AuthorCook, JamesPublisherJohn Stockdale, et al.Date Published1784 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #40 Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. To which are added, the conquest of Siberia... AuthorCoxe, WilliamPublisherPrinted by J. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1787 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #44 The Genus Iris AuthorDykes, William RickatsonPublisherUnveristy PressDate Published1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #45 Two hand-colored copper engravings of owls AuthorEdwards, GeorgePublisherGeorge EdwardsDate PublishedDecember, 1745 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #46 Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, Etc. AuthorEgan, PiercePublisherPrinted for T. T. and J. TeggDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #47 Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S. Author of the "Sylva," &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence Between Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas... AuthorEvelyn, JohnPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Floral World and Garden Guide. A Complete Manual for the Management of the Garden, Greenhouse, and Conservatory Heading(Floral World)AuthorHibberd, Shirely, ed.PublisherGroombridge & SonsDate Published1858-1875 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #60 Memoria Technica: or, a New Method of Artificial Memory, Applied to and exemplified in Chronology, History, Geography, Astronomy. Also Jewish, Grecian and Roman Coins, Weights and Measures, &c. AuthorGrey, RichardPublisherCharles KingDate Published1732 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #61 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdom of the World AuthorGuthrie, WilliamPublisherChrales Dilly, et al.Date Published1795 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #62 A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World.... AuthorGuthrie, WilliamPublisherC. Dilly & G. RobinsonDate Published1782 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Hope of Immortality. A Discourse occasioned by the Death of the Honorable John Winthrop...Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Cambridge, New-England: Delivered at a Public Lecture in Harvard College Heading(Harvard University)AuthorWigglesworth, EdwardPublisherT. and J. FleetDate Published1779 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #85 The Pears of New York AuthorHedrick, U. P.PublisherJ. B. Lyon Co.Date Published1921 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Peaches of New York AuthorHedrick, U. P., ed.PublisherJ.B. Lyon Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #87 British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800; Comprising a History and Bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the Earlest Times Until 1800 AuthorHenrey, BlanchePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #88 "Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard" in National Geographic Magazine AuthorHenshaw, Henry W.PublisherNational Geographic MagazineDate Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #89 Amaryllidaceæ: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement AuthorHerbert, WilliamPublisherJames Ridgway and SonsDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #91 Cosmographie in four Books Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World and all the Principal Kingdoms Provinces, Seas, and Isles Thereof AuthorHeylyn, PeterPublisherAnne SeileDate Published1666 [but 1670] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #94 Lot of 10 Horticulture volumes Heading(Horticulture)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #95 Reis von Humboldt en Bonpland... AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von, & Aime BonplandPublisherA. LoosjesDate Published1808 & 1815 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique AuthorIngen-housz, JanPublisherP. Theophile Barrois le jeuneDate Published1785 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #101 The Silva of California AuthorJepson, Willis LinnPublisherThe University PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #102 Pilgrimages to the Spas in Pursuit of Health and Recreation; with an Inquiry into the Comparative Merits of Different Mineral Waters:-- The Maladies to Which they are Applicable, and Those in Which they are Injurious AuthorJohnson, JamesPublisherS. HighleyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #103 A General Treatise of the Dominion of the Sea: And a Compleat Body of the Sea-Laws: Containing What is most Valuable on that Subject in Ancient and Modern Authors; And particularly the Ancient Laws of the Rhodians and Romans; those of Oleron, Wisbuy, and other Countries; with Curious Notes and Observations...Together with Several Discourses about the Jurisdiction and manner of proceeding in the Admiralty of England, both in Criminal and Civil Matters, and Adjudg'd Cases in several Courts concerning Trade and Navigation...the Laws and Customs of Merchants...And a New Appendix Containing Several Eminent Lawyers Opinions in important Marine Cases; a Comparison of the English and French Conduct in their Sea Affairs; an Essay concerning the Navy of England, taken from Mr Pepys's, Mr Burchet's and other Authentick Memoirs... Author[Justice, Alexander]PublisherPrinted by D. Leach for J. Nicholson, and J. and B. SprintDate Published[c.1710] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #104 Ethnology of Egytian Sudan AuthorKeane, A. H.PublisherEdward StanfordDate Published1884 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #106 Knight's Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature; and Companion for the Zoological Gardens AuthorKnight, CharlesPublisherLondon Printing and Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1868] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #109 Rapport des commissaires de l'Assemblée Nationale chargés de surveiller les opérations de la Caisse d'Escompte Heading(Lavoisier, Antoine)Author**Publisher[L'Imprimerie Nationale]Date Published[1790] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Work of Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues: A Huguenot Artist in France, Florida and England Heading(Le Moyne, Jacques)AuthorHulton, PaulPublisherBritish Museum Publications Ltd.Date Published[1977] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #113 Neuer Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen... Heading(Leipzig Journal)Author**PublisherZeitungs-ExpeditionDate Published[ca 1734-1755] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #114 Ladies' Botany: or A Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany AuthorLindley, John, Ph.D.PublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #119 Principles of geology; or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants, Considered as Illustrative of Geology AuthorLyell, CharlesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1857 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #120 The Book of Birds: Five centuries of bird illustration AuthorLysaght, A. M.PublisherPhaidonDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #121 The Botanical Atlas: A Guide to The Practical Study of Plants Containing Representives of the Leading Forms of Plant Life with Explanatory Letterpress AuthorM'Alpine, D[aniel]PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #123 Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria: Or, the Ancient Law-Merchant. In Three Parts, according to the Essentials of Traffick. Necessary for Statesmen, Judges, Magistrates, Temporal and Civil Lawyers, Mint-men, Merchants, Mariners, and all Others Negotiating in any Parts of the World... AuthorMalynes, GerardPublisherPrinted for T. Basset, R. Chiswell, T. Horne, and E. SmithDate Published1686 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #124 Flora Rustica: Exhibiting Accurate Figures of Such Plants as are Either Useful or Injurious in Husbandry. Drawn and Engraved by Frederick P. Nodder, Botanic Painter to Her Majesty, and Coloured Under His Inspection. With Scientific Characters, Popular Descriptions, and Useful Observations AuthorMartyn, ThomasPublisherF. P. NodderDate Published1792 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #125 Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West: 1790-1850 AuthorMcKelvey, Susan DelanoPublisherArnold Arboretum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1955 [i.e. 1956] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #126 Medical Communications Heading(Medical)Author**PublisherJoseph JohnsonDate Published1784 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #127 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in Their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects AuthorMeehan, ThomasPublisherL. Prang & Co. / Amer. Nat. History Pub. Co.Date Published1879-1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #130 Wild Scenes and Song-Birds Heading(Miller, Alfred Jacob)AuthorWebber, C. W.PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #131 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1798 Heading(Miniature Almanac)Author**PublisherPrinted for the Company of StationersDate Published[1797] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #132 The Field Botanist's Companion; Comprising a Familiar Account, in Four Seasons, of the Most Common of the Wild Flowering Plants of the British Isles AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherLovell Reeve & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #134 Philosphiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Eq. Aurato. Perpetuis Commentariis illustrata, communi studio PP. Thomæ Le Seur & Francisci Jacquier Ex Gallicanâ Minimorum Familiâ, Mathesios Professorum AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherBarrillot & FiliiDate Published1739-40-42 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #137 Life in Normandy: Sketches of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History and Politics Drawn from Nature Heading(Normandy)Author[Campbell, W. F.]PublisherEdmonston & DouglasDate Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 On and Off Duty, Being Leaves from an Officer's Note-Book AuthorOliver, Samuel PasfieldPublisherW.H. Allen & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Britannia Depicta; or, Ogilby Improv'd; Being a Correct Coppy of Mr. Ogilbuy's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales: Wherein are exactly Delineated & Engraved, All ye Cities, Towns, Villages, Churches, Seats &c... AuthorOwen, John & Emanuel BowenPublisherThomas BowlesDate Published1736 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #141 Paterson's British Itinerary: Being a New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain AuthorPaterson, DanielPublisherCarrington BowlesDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #142 Flowers AuthorPenn, IrvingPublisherHarmony BooksDate Published[1980] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #143 Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the Chinese Author[Percy, Thomas]PublisherR, & J. DodsleyDate Published1762 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #144 Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers and How to Distinguish Them AuthorPlues, MargaretPublisherJournal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener OfficeDate Published1863 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #148 Russell's General Atlas, of Modern Geography, Composed from the latest & best Authorities AuthorRussell, J. C.PublisherBaldwin & CraddockDate PublishedN.d. [c.1820] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #153 Les Reveries ou Memoires sur L'Art de la Guerre... AuthorSaxe, Maurice, Comte de.PublisherPierre GosseDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #154 Lot of 22 volumes Heading(Science & Medicine Bibliographies)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #155 Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900 AuthorSitwell, Sacheverell, Handasyde Buchanan and James FisherPublisherCollins & Van NostrandDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #156 A Grammar of Botany, Illustrative of Artificial, as Well as Natural Classification with an Explanation of Jussieu's System...To which is added, a Reduction of all the Genera Contained in the Catalogue of North American Plants, to the Natural Families of the French Professor. By the Late Henry Muhlenberg, D.D. AuthorSmith, Sir James EdwardPublisherJames V. SeamanDate Published1822 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #157 An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany AuthorSmith, Sir James EdwardPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #158 Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal Plants Admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopœias; With Their Natural History, Botanical Descriptions, Medical and Chemical Properties, &c...Together with a Concise Introduction to Botany; a Copious Glossary of Botanical Terms; and a List of Poisonous Plants, &c. Author[Spratt, George]PublisherCallow and WilsonDate Published1829 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #159 Annals of the Road or Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain...To Which are Added Essays on the Road, by Nimrod Heading(Stage Coaches)AuthorMalet, Captain [Harold Esdaile]PublisherLongman's, GreenDate Published1876 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #163 Wild Flowers of the Rocky Mountains. Originally Published under the Title of Wild Flowers of Colorado. With Original Water Color Sketches Drawn from Nature AuthorThayer, Emma HomanPublisherCassell Pub. Co.Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #164 The Wild Flowers of America [and] The Wild Flowers of Canada Heading(University Botanists of Both Continents)Author**PublisherG.H. Buek & Co. / Montreal StarDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #165 The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California AuthorVan Denburgh, JohnPublisherCalifornia Academy of SciencesDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #166 Voyage de decouvertes a l'ocean pacifique du nord, et autour du monde dans lequel le cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique... AuthorVancouver, GeorgePublisherL'Impremerie de la RepubliqueDate PublishedAn VIII [1799/1800] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #168 Report of the Birds of Philadelphia with Special Reference to the Food-Habits, Based on Over Three Thousand Stomach Examinations AuthorWarren, B. H.PublisherEdwin K. MeyersDate Published1888 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Spicklefisherman and Others AuthorWhite, FrederickPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #170 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton AuthorWhite, GilbertPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1875 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #172 Weeds and Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends, and Literature AuthorWilkinson, LadyPublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #173 The Boy's Own Book of Natural History AuthorWood, J. G.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published[c.1905-1910] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #174 Wood's Illustrated Natural History...Arranged for Young Readers AuthorWood, J. G.PublisherHenry AltemusDate Published[1897] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #179 Corevn AuthorBreydenbach, Bernard vonPublisher[Erhard Reuwich]Date Published[1486] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #180 Parenzo AuthorBreydenbach, Bernard vonPublisher[Erhard Reuwich]Date Published[1486] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #196 WITHDAWN. Cary's New Pocket Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark; with all the adjacent Buildings in St. George's Fields, &c. &c... AuthorCary, JohnPublisherJ. CaryDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next