Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History - L18405

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Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

13 November 2018 • London

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Sale Number: L18405

1. A collection of twenty-seven ornithological watercolours. [early eighteenth-century]

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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2. A natural history of birds. London: printed for the author, 1731-1734

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

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3. Bird of Washington, Falco washingtonii (Plate 11), circa 1830

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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4. Ökonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. Berlin: the Author, 1783-85

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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5. Oeuvres complètes Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749-83

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 GBP

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6. The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed. London, 1787-1831

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP

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7. The Natural History of British Birds. London: for the Author, and F. and C. Rivington, 1799-1819

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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8. The Natural History of British Birds. London: For the Author, 1799

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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9. A collection of three volumes including an album with original drawings by Edward Lear, comprising:

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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10. Parrots in Captivity. London: George Bell, 1884-1887, [but dated 1892 on spine]

Estimate: 1,500 – 1,800 GBP

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11. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, [1849]-1861

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP

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12. Description of the anatomy of the Onithorhynchus hystrix… from the Philosophical Transactions. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1802

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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