Sale 585: Rare Natural History & Color Plate Books - Art & Illustration (#585) 05/05/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/05/2016 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 585 391 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-39 of 39. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants. Selected from the subjects in 'Curtis' Botanical Magazine' since the issue of the 'First Century.' AuthorBateman, JamesHeadline100 striking color plates of orchidsPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #5 Costumes de Suède, Norvége, Danemark, Hollande et Allemagne AuthorBelin, A., et alHeadlineScarce European costume platesPublisherLes Modes ParisiennesDate Published[1860s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #8 Four Volumes on the Flora of Britain Featuring Colored Plates Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineFlora of Britain, Colored PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #9 Six Botanical Volumes Featuring Color Plates with Dutch Text Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineSix Volumes with Botanical Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #10 Three Botanical Works Illustrated with Chromolithographed Plates Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineThree Botanical Volumes with Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #11 Two Botanical Volumes Featuring Colored Plates, with an Additional Set of Colored Plates Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineBotanical Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #13 European Ferns AuthorBritten, JamesHeadlineEuropean Ferns by J. Britten illus. D. Blair 1880PublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #15 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadline800+ chromolithographs of orchidsDate Published1897-1907 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #20 Notes on Tulip Species AuthorDykes, W.R.HeadlineNotes on Tulip Species with color platesPublisherHerbert Jenkins Ltd.Date Published[1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #21 The Ferns of North America: Colored Figures and Descriptions AuthorEaton, Daniel CadyHeadlineFerns of North America, 1879PublisherS.E. CassinoDate Published1879-80 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Flowers Personified: Being a Translation of Grandville's "Les Fleurs Animées" Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorCleaveland, N., translatorHeadlineThe Flowers Personified 1849PublisherR. MartinDate Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #30 Flowers of the Field and Forest AuthorHervey, A.B.HeadlineFlowers of the Field and Forest, Color Plates, 1886PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #31 The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being a account, botanical and geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot, during a government botanical mission to that country AuthorHooker, Joseph DaltonHeadlineColor plates of Himalayan RhododendronsPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-51 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #33 River Gardens; being an Account of the Best Methods of Cultivating Fresh-Water Plants in Aquaria AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineRiver Gardens with Color Plates, 1857PublisherSampson LowDate Published1857 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #35 A Popular History of British Sea Weeds, Compromising Their Structure, Fructification, Specific Characters, Arrangement, and General Distribution, with Notices of Some of the Fresh-water Algae. AuthorLandsborough, Rev. D.HeadlinePopular History of British Sea Weeds, 1857PublisherLovell ReeveDate Published1857 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #37 A Natural History of British Grasses AuthorLowe, E. J. et al.HeadlineNatural History of British Grasses, 1858PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #38 Beautiful Leaved Plants; Being a Description of the Most Beautiful Leaved Plants in Cultivation in This Country, to Which is Added an Extended Catalogue. AuthorLowe, E.J. et al.HeadlineBeautiful Leaved Plants, 1864PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #40 The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finished Figures of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants Cultivated in Great Britain... AuthorMaund, BenjaminHeadlineMaund's Botanic Garden Second EditionPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1878 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #43 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineMeehan's Native Flowers & Ferns 96 Color PlatesPublisherL. PrangDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #50 The British Grasses and Sedges AuthorPratt, AnneHeadlineBrtitsh grasses and Sedges, 1850PublisherSociety For Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #51 Gamonia: or, The Art of Preserving Game... AuthorRawstorne, LawrenceHeadlineGamonia 15 hand-colored hunting scenesPublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1837 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #53 Bromelia Ananas - Ananas Cultivé AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute's Pineapple - Bromelia AnanasPublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1802-16 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 Musa Coccinea - Bananier a fleurs ecarlates AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Musa Coccinea Scarlet BananaPublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1802-16 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 Rosa Indica subriolacea - Rosier des Indes a fleurs presque violettes AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Les Roses - Rosa IndicaPublisherRémondDate Published1817-1824 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Rosa Rubiginos flore semi-pleno - Rosier Rouille a fleurs semi-doubles AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Les Roses - Rosa RubignosaPublisherRémondDate Published1817-1824 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #62 The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands: With a Complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions AuthorRothschild, WalterHeadlineAvifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring IslandsPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1893-1900 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #65 Five hand-colored ornithological engravings, of Gulls, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineGulls from Selby's British OrnitholgyDate Publishedc.1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #66 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineBird prints from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1830-42 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #67 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of large water birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineLarge water birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1826-42 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #68 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of wading birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWading birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1827-1842 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #69 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of water birds and waders, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWater birds & waders from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1826-50 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #70 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of water birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWater birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1842 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations AuthorSmith, Charles HamiltonHeadlineCharles Hamilton Smith Costume of Ancient BritainPublisherJ. DowdingDate Published[1815] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #75 British Wild Flowers. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby. Described, with an Introduction and a Key to the Natural Orders, by C. Pierpoint Johnson AuthorSowerby, John E.HeadlineBritish Wild Flowers, SowerbyPublisherJohn E. SowerbyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #76 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 HomanHeadlineWild flowers of the rocky mountains, color platesPublisherCassell Publishing Co.Date Published(1889) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #78 Two Volumes with Color Plates on Cacti and Other Succulents AuthorVan Laren, A.J.Headline2 Volumes on Succulents with Color PlatesPublisherAbbey San EncinoDate Published1935 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #81 The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. AuthorWarner, Robert & Benjamin Samuel WilliamsHeadlineWarner & Williams The Ochid Album 500+ color platesPublisherB.S. WilliamsDate Published1882-1897 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #82 Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East; and Exhibiting, in a Novel and Interesting Manner, the Natural History of the Elephant the Rhinoceros, the Tiger, the Leopard, the Bear, the Deer, the Buffalo, the Wolf, the Wild Hog, the Jackall, the Wild Dog, the Civet, and Other Domesticated Animals; as Likewise the Different Species of Feathered Game, Fishes, and Serpents - Volume 1 only AuthorWilliamson, ThomasHeadlineOriental Field Sports Volume 1 1808PublisherEdward Orme, et alDate Published1808 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #83 Aves Hawaiienses: The Birds of the Sandwich Islands AuthorWilson, Scott B., and A.H. EvansHeadlineAves Hawaiienses by Wilson 64 color platesPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1890-99 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next