Sale 801: The Shawn Donnille Collection of Natural History - Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press & Bohemian Club (#801) 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 101-126 of 126. Previous|12|Next Lot #139 Tropical Nature, and Other Essays AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Wallace Tropical Nature 1878PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #140 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White Natural History of Selborne 1st Ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #141 A Naturalist's Calendar, With Observations in Various Branches of Natural History AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White A Naturalist's Calendar 1795ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherB. and J. WhiteDate Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #142 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton Author[White, Gilbert]HeadlineNatural History of Selborne with mounted signatureProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #143 Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers AuthorWilliamson, HenryHeadlineTarka The Otter, Chiswick Press large paper copyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 Wilson's American Ornithology with Notes by Jardine: To Which Is Added a Synopsis of American Birds, Including Those Described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson Heading(Wilson, Alexander)AuthorBrewer, T.M.HeadlineT.M. Brewer's edition of Wilson's American OrnithologyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherH.S. SamuelsDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #145 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineAckermann's Westminster Abbey with 80 aquatints 1812PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #156 The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain AuthorBickham, GeorgeHeadlineThe British Monarchy, engraved book 1748PublisherG. BickhamDate Published1748 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #161 Galerie de son Altesse Royale Madame la Duchesse de Berry - Tome 2 AuthorBonnemaison, FéréolHeadline59 early lithograph platesPublisher[J. Didot l'aîné]Date Published1822 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #171 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadlineChromolithographs of orchids after A. GoossensDate Publishedc.1897-1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #174 The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax Author[Combe, William]HeadlineTour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1821 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #176 The English Spy: The Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious/ Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle... Heading(Cruikshank, Robert)AuthorWestmacott, Charles MolloyHeadlineWestmacott's English Spy with Robert Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherSherwood, Jones and Co.Date Published1825-1826 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #243 Lithographia Angerburgica, Lapidum et Fossilium [with] Florae Campana seu Pulsatilla AuthorHelwing, Georg AndreaHeadlineWith 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20PublisherLiteris Johannis StelteriDate Published1717-1720 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #246 Hone's Popular Political Tracts AuthorHone, WilliamHeadlineHone's Political Tracts with numerous engravingsPublisherPrinted for William HoneDate Published1819-1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #264 Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of All Ages and Nations, From Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie. AuthorPigot, Richard, editorHeadlineWith numerous pictorial emblem engravingsPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne AuthorPoincaré, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #283 Philosophia Mentis Et Sensuum: Secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata Metaphysice, Et Empirice AuthorTolomei, Giovanni BaptistaHeadlineTolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698PublisherSumptibus Joannis Caspari BencardDate Published1698 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #308 The Grove Plays of The Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlineHandsome early anthology of Grove Plays, 1918PublisherPrinted for the Bohemian Club at the press of the H.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #321 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Fine Bindings - Asprey)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineEast of the Sun by Nielsen, bound by AspreyPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #322 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All Heading(Fine Bindings - Birdsall)AuthorBeardsley, Aubrey, illustratorHeadlineBirdsall binding of Beardsley's Morte D'ArthurPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #330 A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Heading(Fine Bindings - Root & Son)AuthorMorris, Francis Orpen, editorHeadlineMorris' Picturesque Views, bound by Root & SonPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1878] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #335 Three illustrated novels from Fine Presses Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineIncludes two illustrated works by ThoreauDate Published1909-1968 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #337 A Cross Section. The Society of Wood Engravers in 1988. Heading(Fleece Press)HeadlineWith 44 woodcuts by members of the SocietyPublisherFleece PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #340 Birds, Beasts and Flowers AuthorLawrence, D.HHeadlineDeluxe copy with extra suite of proofsPublisherThe Cresset PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #344 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, Henry [pseud. of Jacques Cohen]HeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol, Kay NielsenPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next