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.' View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBateman, JamesHeadline100 striking color plates of orchidsPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1867 Lot #5 Costumes de Suède, Norvége, Danemark, Hollande et Allemagne View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBelin, A., et alHeadlineScarce European costume platesPublisherLes Modes ParisiennesDate Published[1860s] Lot #8 Four Volumes on the Flora of Britain Featuring Colored Plates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineFlora of Britain, Colored PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #9 Six Botanical Volumes Featuring Color Plates with Dutch Text View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineSix Volumes with Botanical Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #10 Three Botanical Works Illustrated with Chromolithographed Plates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineThree Botanical Volumes with Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #11 Two Botanical Volumes Featuring Colored Plates, with an Additional Set of Colored Plates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Botanical Color Plates)HeadlineBotanical Color PlatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #13 European Ferns View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorBritten, JamesHeadlineEuropean Ferns by J. Britten illus. D. Blair 1880PublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[1880] Lot #15 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadline800+ chromolithographs of orchidsDate Published1897-1907 Lot #20 Notes on Tulip Species View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDykes, W.R.HeadlineNotes on Tulip Species with color platesPublisherHerbert Jenkins Ltd.Date Published[1930] Lot #21 The Ferns of North America: Colored Figures and Descriptions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEaton, Daniel CadyHeadlineFerns of North America, 1879PublisherS.E. CassinoDate Published1879-80 Lot #26 The Flowers Personified: Being a Translation of Grandville's "Les Fleurs Animées" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorCleaveland, N., translatorHeadlineThe Flowers Personified 1849PublisherR. MartinDate Published1849 Lot #30 Flowers of the Field and Forest View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHervey, A.B.HeadlineFlowers of the Field and Forest, Color Plates, 1886PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published1886 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorHooker, Joseph DaltonHeadlineColor plates of Himalayan RhododendronsPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-51 Lot #33 River Gardens; being an Account of the Best Methods of Cultivating Fresh-Water Plants in Aquaria View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineRiver Gardens with Color Plates, 1857PublisherSampson LowDate Published1857 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. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLandsborough, Rev. D.HeadlinePopular History of British Sea Weeds, 1857PublisherLovell ReeveDate Published1857 Lot #37 A Natural History of British Grasses View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorLowe, E. J. et al.HeadlineNatural History of British Grasses, 1858PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1858 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. View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorLowe, E.J. et al.HeadlineBeautiful Leaved Plants, 1864PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1864 Lot #40 The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finished Figures of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants Cultivated in Great Britain... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMaund, BenjaminHeadlineMaund's Botanic Garden Second EditionPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1878 Lot #43 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineMeehan's Native Flowers & Ferns 96 Color PlatesPublisherL. PrangDate Published1878 Lot #50 The British Grasses and Sedges View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPratt, AnneHeadlineBrtitsh grasses and Sedges, 1850PublisherSociety For Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published[1850] Lot #51 Gamonia: or, The Art of Preserving Game... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRawstorne, LawrenceHeadlineGamonia 15 hand-colored hunting scenesPublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1837 Lot #53 Bromelia Ananas - Ananas Cultivé View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute's Pineapple - Bromelia AnanasPublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1802-16 Lot #54 Musa Coccinea - Bananier a fleurs ecarlates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Musa Coccinea Scarlet BananaPublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1802-16 Lot #57 Rosa Indica subriolacea - Rosier des Indes a fleurs presque violettes View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Les Roses - Rosa IndicaPublisherRémondDate Published1817-1824 Lot #58 Rosa Rubiginos flore semi-pleno - Rosier Rouille a fleurs semi-doubles View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorRedouté, Pierre-JosephHeadlineRedoute Les Roses - Rosa RubignosaPublisherRémondDate Published1817-1824 Lot #62 The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands: With a Complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorRothschild, WalterHeadlineAvifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring IslandsPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1893-1900 Lot #65 Five hand-colored ornithological engravings, of Gulls, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineGulls from Selby's British OrnitholgyDate Publishedc.1842 Lot #66 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineBird prints from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1830-42 Lot #67 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of large water birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineLarge water birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1826-42 Lot #68 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of wading birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWading birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1827-1842 Lot #69 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of water birds and waders, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWater birds & waders from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1826-50 Lot #70 Six hand-colored ornithological engravings, of water birds, from "Illustrations of British Ornithology" View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorSelby, Prideaux JohnHeadlineWater birds from Selby's British OrnithologyDate Publishedc.1842 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Charles HamiltonHeadlineCharles Hamilton Smith Costume of Ancient BritainPublisherJ. DowdingDate Published[1815] 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorSowerby, John E.HeadlineBritish Wild Flowers, SowerbyPublisherJohn E. SowerbyDate Published1860 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorThayer, Emma HomanHeadlineWild flowers of the rocky mountains, color platesPublisherCassell Publishing Co.Date Published(1889) Lot #78 Two Volumes with Color Plates on Cacti and Other Succulents View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorVan Laren, A.J.Headline2 Volumes on Succulents with Color PlatesPublisherAbbey San EncinoDate Published1935 Lot #81 The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorWarner, Robert & Benjamin Samuel WilliamsHeadlineWarner & Williams The Ochid Album 500+ color platesPublisherB.S. WilliamsDate Published1882-1897 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWilliamson, ThomasHeadlineOriental Field Sports Volume 1 1808PublisherEdward Orme, et alDate Published1808 Lot #83 Aves Hawaiienses: The Birds of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorWilson, Scott B., and A.H. EvansHeadlineAves Hawaiienses by Wilson 64 color platesPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1890-99 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next