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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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg)Author**PublisherAcademiae ScientiarumDate Published1729-50 Lot #2 Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg)Author**PublisherL'Académie Impériale des SciencesDate Published1809-1826 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Angler's Note-book...)Author**PublisherWilliam Satchell / Elliot StockDate Published1880; 1888 Lot #6 The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesPublisherAmerican Heritage Publishing Co.Date Published1966 Lot #11 Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorBeebe, William, G. Inness Hartley and Paul G. HowesPublisherThe New York Zoological SocietyDate Published1917 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 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThornton, Robert John, M.D.PublisherPrinted for Richard PhillipsDate Published1810 Lot #23 Travels in the Western Hebrides: From 1782 to 1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBuchanan, John LanePublisherPrinted for G. G. J. and J. Robinson and J. DebrettDate Published1793 Lot #25 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBuffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte dePublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1780-1785 Lot #27 Atlas historique et geographique View details Estimate$700 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBuy de Mornas, ClaudePublisherDesnosDate Published1762 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorByron, [John]PublisherPrinted for J. & F. Newberry / Printed for S. Baker, G. Leigh & T. DaviesDate Published1767; 1768 Lot #29 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California Academy of Sciences)Author**PublisherThe AcademyDate Published1909-1927 Lot #30 The Fisherman's Magazine and Review View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCholmondeley-Pennell, H., ed.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1864; 1865 Lot #33 Our South African Flora / Ons Suid-Afrikaanse Plantegroei View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorCompton, R. H., comp.PublisherCape Times / United Tobacco, Westminster Tobacco, Policansky BrothersDate Published[c.1948] 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. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesPublisherJohn Stockdale, et al.Date Published1784 Lot #40 Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. To which are added, the conquest of Siberia... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCoxe, WilliamPublisherPrinted by J. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1787 Lot #44 The Genus Iris View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDykes, William RickatsonPublisherUnveristy PressDate Published1913 Lot #45 Two hand-colored copper engravings of owls View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorEdwards, GeorgePublisherGeorge EdwardsDate PublishedDecember, 1745 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEgan, PiercePublisherPrinted for T. T. and J. TeggDate Published1832 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEvelyn, JohnPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 Lot #56 The Floral World and Garden Guide. A Complete Manual for the Management of the Garden, Greenhouse, and Conservatory View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Floral World)AuthorHibberd, Shirely, ed.PublisherGroombridge & SonsDate Published1858-1875 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. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrey, RichardPublisherCharles KingDate Published1732 Lot #61 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdom of the World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorGuthrie, WilliamPublisherChrales Dilly, et al.Date Published1795 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.... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorGuthrie, WilliamPublisherC. Dilly & G. RobinsonDate Published1782 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Harvard University)AuthorWigglesworth, EdwardPublisherT. and J. FleetDate Published1779 Lot #85 The Pears of New York View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorHedrick, U. P.PublisherJ. B. Lyon Co.Date Published1921 Lot #86 The Peaches of New York View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorHedrick, U. P., ed.PublisherJ.B. Lyon Co.Date Published1917 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHenrey, BlanchePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1975 Lot #88 "Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard" in National Geographic Magazine View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorHenshaw, Henry W.PublisherNational Geographic MagazineDate Published1913 Lot #89 Amaryllidaceæ: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorHerbert, WilliamPublisherJames Ridgway and SonsDate Published1837 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorHeylyn, PeterPublisherAnne SeileDate Published1666 [but 1670] Lot #94 Lot of 10 Horticulture volumes View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Horticulture)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #95 Reis von Humboldt en Bonpland... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von, & Aime BonplandPublisherA. LoosjesDate Published1808 & 1815 Lot #98 Nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorIngen-housz, JanPublisherP. Theophile Barrois le jeuneDate Published1785 Lot #101 The Silva of California View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJepson, Willis LinnPublisherThe University PressDate Published1910 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, JamesPublisherS. HighleyDate Published1841 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... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Author[Justice, Alexander]PublisherPrinted by D. Leach for J. Nicholson, and J. and B. SprintDate Published[c.1710] Lot #104 Ethnology of Egytian Sudan View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorKeane, A. H.PublisherEdward StanfordDate Published1884 Lot #106 Knight's Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature; and Companion for the Zoological Gardens View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorKnight, CharlesPublisherLondon Printing and Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1868] Lot #109 Rapport des commissaires de l'Assemblée Nationale chargés de surveiller les opérations de la Caisse d'Escompte View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Lavoisier, Antoine)Author**Publisher[L'Imprimerie Nationale]Date Published[1790] Lot #112 The Work of Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues: A Huguenot Artist in France, Florida and England View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Le Moyne, Jacques)AuthorHulton, PaulPublisherBritish Museum Publications Ltd.Date Published[1977] Lot #113 Neuer Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Leipzig Journal)Author**PublisherZeitungs-ExpeditionDate Published[ca 1734-1755] Lot #114 Ladies' Botany: or A Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLindley, John, Ph.D.PublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1865 Lot #119 Principles of geology; or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants, Considered as Illustrative of Geology View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorLyell, CharlesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1857 Lot #120 The Book of Birds: Five centuries of bird illustration View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold AuthorLysaght, A. M.PublisherPhaidonDate Published[1975] 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorM'Alpine, D[aniel]PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1884 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... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMalynes, GerardPublisherPrinted for T. Basset, R. Chiswell, T. Horne, and E. SmithDate Published1686 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMartyn, ThomasPublisherF. P. NodderDate Published1792 Lot #125 Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West: 1790-1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMcKelvey, Susan DelanoPublisherArnold Arboretum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1955 [i.e. 1956] Lot #126 Medical Communications View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)Author**PublisherJoseph JohnsonDate Published1784 Lot #127 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in Their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasPublisherL. Prang & Co. / Amer. Nat. History Pub. Co.Date Published1879-1880 Lot #130 Wild Scenes and Song-Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Miller, Alfred Jacob)AuthorWebber, C. W.PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1854 Lot #131 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1798 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Almanac)Author**PublisherPrinted for the Company of StationersDate Published[1797] 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherLovell Reeve & Co.Date Published1862 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherBarrillot & FiliiDate Published1739-40-42 Lot #137 Life in Normandy: Sketches of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History and Politics Drawn from Nature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Normandy)Author[Campbell, W. F.]PublisherEdmonston & DouglasDate Published1863 Lot #139 On and Off Duty, Being Leaves from an Officer's Note-Book View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorOliver, Samuel PasfieldPublisherW.H. Allen & Co.Date Published1881 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... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorOwen, John & Emanuel BowenPublisherThomas BowlesDate Published1736 Lot #141 Paterson's British Itinerary: Being a New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorPaterson, DanielPublisherCarrington BowlesDate Published1785 Lot #142 Flowers View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorPenn, IrvingPublisherHarmony BooksDate Published[1980] Lot #143 Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the Chinese View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Percy, Thomas]PublisherR, & J. DodsleyDate Published1762 Lot #144 Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers and How to Distinguish Them View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPlues, MargaretPublisherJournal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener OfficeDate Published1863 Lot #148 Russell's General Atlas, of Modern Geography, Composed from the latest & best Authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRussell, J. C.PublisherBaldwin & CraddockDate PublishedN.d. [c.1820] Lot #153 Les Reveries ou Memoires sur L'Art de la Guerre... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSaxe, Maurice, Comte de.PublisherPierre GosseDate Published1756 Lot #154 Lot of 22 volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Science & Medicine Bibliographies)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #155 Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorSitwell, Sacheverell, Handasyde Buchanan and James FisherPublisherCollins & Van NostrandDate Published1953 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. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Sir James EdwardPublisherJames V. SeamanDate Published1822 Lot #157 An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Sir James EdwardPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 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. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Author[Spratt, George]PublisherCallow and WilsonDate Published1829 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Stage Coaches)AuthorMalet, Captain [Harold Esdaile]PublisherLongman's, GreenDate Published1876 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorThayer, Emma HomanPublisherCassell Pub. Co.Date Published[1889] Lot #164 The Wild Flowers of America [and] The Wild Flowers of Canada View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(University Botanists of Both Continents)Author**PublisherG.H. Buek & Co. / Montreal StarDate Published1894 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorVan Denburgh, JohnPublisherCalifornia Academy of SciencesDate Published1922 Lot #166 Voyage de decouvertes a l'ocean pacifique du nord, et autour du monde dans lequel le cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgePublisherL'Impremerie de la RepubliqueDate PublishedAn VIII [1799/1800] Lot #168 Report of the Birds of Philadelphia with Special Reference to the Food-Habits, Based on Over Three Thousand Stomach Examinations View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWarren, B. H.PublisherEdwin K. MeyersDate Published1888 Lot #169 The Spicklefisherman and Others View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorWhite, FrederickPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1928 Lot #170 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWhite, GilbertPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1875 Lot #172 Weeds and Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends, and Literature View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWilkinson, LadyPublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #173 The Boy's Own Book of Natural History View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWood, J. G.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published[c.1905-1910] Lot #174 Wood's Illustrated Natural History...Arranged for Young Readers View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWood, J. G.PublisherHenry AltemusDate Published[1897] Lot #179 Corevn View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBreydenbach, Bernard vonPublisher[Erhard Reuwich]Date Published[1486] Lot #180 Parenzo View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBreydenbach, Bernard vonPublisher[Erhard Reuwich]Date Published[1486] 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... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCary, JohnPublisherJ. CaryDate Published1796 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next