- Auction
6853
Valuable Printed Books & Manuscripts,incl.Natural History
19 November 2003, London
SALE TOTAL: 1,372,567 (GBP)
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94 Lots for Sale 6853
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Lot 3 INITIAL O, on the verso of a cutting with PAULINUS OF MILAN, Vita Sancti... |
estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,361 - $2,041) price realized £3,107 ($5,285) |
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Lot 4 VOW OF CHASTITY. Document signed with a mark by Elizabeth Galleworth, widow, in... |
estimate £500 - £800 ($851 - $1,361) price realized £3,585 ($6,098) |
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Lot 5 INITIAL D and BUTTERFLIES, decorated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin,... |
estimate £500 - £800 ($851 - $1,361) price realized £657 ($1,118) |
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Lot 6 NATIVITY WITH MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in... |
estimate £900 - £1,200 ($1,531 - $2,041) price realized £1,434 ($2,439) |
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Lot 7 FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED... |
estimate £900 - £1,200 ($1,531 - $2,041) price realized £1,135 ($1,931) |
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Lot 8 ST CHRISTOPHER WITH THE CHRIST CHILD, on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin,... |
estimate £900 - £1,200 ($1,531 - $2,041) price realized £1,554 ($2,643) |
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Lot 9 FOUR LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, use of Troyes, in Latin, ILLUMINATED... |
estimate £600 - £900 ($1,021 - $1,531) price realized £837 ($1,423) |
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Lot 10 THREE LEAVES FROM BOOKS OF HOURS, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM |
estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,361 - $2,041) price realized £1,554 ($2,643) |
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Lot 11 FUNERAL SERVICE, in an initial C cut from a Choirbook, in Latin, ILLUMINATED... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($2,041 - $3,062) price realized £1,434 ($2,439) |
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Lot 12 ASCENSION OF CHRIST, beside an initial I, cut from a Choirbook, ILLUMINATED... |
estimate £3,000 - £4,500 ($5,103 - $7,655) price realized £11,950 ($20,327) |
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Lot 13 CHRIST DESCENDING FROM THE MOUNTAIN AFTER THE TRANSFIGURATION in an initial V... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £11,950 ($20,327) |
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Lot 14 GOSPEL LECTIONARY, in Greek, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($51,030 - $85,050) price realized £38,240 ($65,046) |
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Lot 15 GREGORY IX, POPE (c.1145-1241), Decretales Gregorii IX, with gloss of... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($25,515 - $34,020) price realized £22,705 ($38,621) |
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Lot 16 LAMBERT OF AUXERRE (d.1270), Summa logicae, in Latin, ILLUMINATED... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £11,950 ($20,327) |
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Lot 17 BOOK OF DANIEL, from a folio Bible, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £8,365 ($14,229) |
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Lot 18 ANTIPHONAL OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA PORTA, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($85,050 - $136,080) price realized £71,700 ($121,962) |
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Lot 19 NEW TESTAMENT, with the Prologues attributed to St Jerome, in Latin, ... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($11,907 - $17,010) price realized £15,535 ($26,425) |
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Lot 21 BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON... |
estimate £8,000 - £12,000 ($13,608 - $20,412) price realized £9,560 ($16,262) |
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Lot 22 BOOK OF HOURS, use of Troyes, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($85,050 - $136,080) price realized £65,725 ($111,798) |
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Lot 24 BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($85,050 - $136,080) price realized £53,775 ($91,471) |
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Lot 27 PROCESSIONAL, for the use of the Dominican sisters of St Louis, Poissy, in... |
estimate £18,000 - £25,000 ($30,618 - $42,525) price realized £28,680 ($48,785) |
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Lot 28 BLESSED ANGELA OF FOLIGNO (1248-1309): extracts from the Liber beatae... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £13,145 ($22,360) |
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Lot 29 FESTAL LECTIONARY WITH INVITATORIES AND ANTIPHONS, for a church of St Barnabas,... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £8,365 ($14,229) |
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Lot 30 SIMON TRIPPE (fl.1559-1581), Christianus Medicus, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($11,907 - $17,010) price realized £8,365 ($14,229) |
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Lot 32 Come nell'occhio nostro se fa la visione, an optical treatise in... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,954 - $8,505) price realized £4,183 ($7,114) |
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Lot 33 JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD, BEFORE ST GEORGE, hand-coloured and gilded print on... |
estimate £200 - £300 ($340 - $510) price realized £120 ($203) |
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Lot 34 ANTICHRIST and THE FIFTEEN SIGNS, in Latin, French and Italian: Vita... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($25,515 - $34,020) price realized £22,705 ($38,621) |
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Lot 36 De bene vivendi. Savona: Giuseppe Berruerio, 8 September 1523. |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($11,907 - $17,010) price realized £8,365 ($14,229) |
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Lot 40 BRANT, Sebastian (1457-1521). Stultifera navis. Translated from German... |
estimate £8,000 - £12,000 ($13,608 - $20,412) price realized £8,963 ($15,245) |
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Lot 42 BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Balaustion's Adventure: including A Transcript... |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($3,062 - $4,253) price realized £2,032 ($3,456) |
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Lot 43 CAESAR, Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C.). Commentarii. Venice: Nicolaus... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £19,120 ($32,523) |
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Lot 44 CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Der Teutsch Cicero. Translated by... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £2,151 ($3,659) |
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Lot 45 Descrizione delle Feste Celebrate in Parma l'anno MDCCLXIX per le auguste... |
estimate £6,000 - £8,000 ($10,206 - $13,608) price realized £7,170 ($12,196) |
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Lot 46 Le Dodici fatiche di Hercole. Florence: 'Sotto il Corridore di Sua... |
estimate £6,000 - £8,000 ($10,206 - $13,608) price realized £11,353 ($19,311) |
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Lot 48 DONNE, John (1571 or 1572-1631). Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £11,353 ($19,311) |
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Lot 49 DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed (on title, 'A.... |
estimate £30,000 - £40,000 ($51,030 - $68,040) price realized £35,850 ($60,981) |
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Lot 50 DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed ('A. Conan... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £4,183 ($7,114) |
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Lot 59 HORAE, use of Rome. Paris: Gilles Hardouin for Germain Hardouin, 9 August 1514. |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £15,535 ($26,425) |
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Lot 60 HORAE, use of Rome, in Latin -- Hore divine virginis Marie, secundum usum... |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,701 - $2,552) price realized £6,573 ($11,180) |
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Lot 61 HYGINUS, Caius Julius (fl. 2nd century, attributed to). Poeticon... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £5,975 ($10,163) |
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Lot 62 CARDOSO, Isaac Fernando (1604-1681). Las excelencias de los Hebreos.... |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($4,253 - $5,954) price realized £2,988 ($5,082) |
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Lot 64 COHEN DE LARA, David, son of Isaac (1602-1674). Tratado del temor divino,... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £2,868 ($4,878) |
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Lot 66 MONTALTO, Filoteo Eliao de (1567-1616). Lettre d'Espagne presenté à la Royne... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £7,768 ($13,213) |
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Lot 67 RIBEIRO SANCHEZ, Antonio (1699-1783). Tratado da conservaçaô de saude dos... |
estimate £500 - £1,000 ($851 - $1,701) price realized £4,183 ($7,114) |
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Lot 68 SARFATTI PINA, Josua (fl. 1651-1666). Soulagement pour les Marchands, de... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($34,020 - $51,030) price realized £27,485 ($46,752) |
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Lot 71 LOBACHEVSKII, Nikolai Ivanovitch (1792-1856). Ob izchezanii... |
estimate £1,700 - £2,500 ($2,892 - $4,253) price realized £2,032 ($3,456) |
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Lot 73 LYCOSTHENES, Conrad (Conrad Wolffhart, 1518-61). Prodigiorum ac ostentorum... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £5,736 ($9,757) |
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Lot 76 Officium beate Marie virginis secundum consuetudine Romane curie. Milan:... |
estimate £6,000 - £8,000 ($10,206 - $13,608) price realized £7,170 ($12,196) |
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Lot 77 OROSIUS, Paulus (fl.414-417). Historiae adversus paganos. Edited by... |
estimate £2,500 - £3,000 ($4,253 - $5,103) price realized £3,346 ($5,692) |
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Lot 80 PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662). Les Pensées. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, [2... |
estimate £100,000 - £150,000 ($170,100 - $255,150) price realized £111,650 ($189,917) |
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Lot 82 POPOV, Aleksandr Stepanovich (1859-1906). Pribor dlia obnaruzhenia i... |
estimate £1,700 - £2,500 ($2,892 - $4,253) price realized £3,346 ($5,692) |
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Lot 83 RÈ, Vincenzo dal (artist, d.1762) -- Narrazione delle solenni Reali feste... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £5,019 ($8,537) |
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Lot 85 RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) -- Early 17th-century manuscript of verses by... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £3,585 ($6,098) |
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Lot 86 La Spagna Historiata. Venice: Christophorus de Pensis, 10 March 1503. |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £14,340 ($24,392) |
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Lot 88 Scriptores rei militaris -- VEGETIUS, Flavius, Renatus. Du fait de... |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($2,552 - $4,253) price realized £1,673 ($2,846) |
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Lot 89 VERGILIUS, Publius Maro (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Commentary by Servius... |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,552 - $3,402) price realized £1,793 ($3,049) |
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Lot 91 ABBOT, John (1751-1839) and Sir James Edward SMITH (1759-1828). The Natural... |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($20,412 - $30,618) price realized £13,145 ($22,360) |
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Lot 92 AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873). Recherches sur les poissons... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £5,019 ($8,537) |
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Lot 93 ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605). [Opera omnia]. Bologna: 1638-1681.... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($11,907 - $17,010) price realized £19,120 ($32,523) |
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Lot 94 ANDERSON, John (1833-1900). Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £2,271 ($3,862) |
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Lot 95 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). 'Great blue Heron, Ardea herodias'. Plate... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($34,020 - $51,030) price realized £28,680 ($48,785) |
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Lot 96 BOWEN, Emanuel (c.1767) and THOMAS KITCHEN (d.1787). The Large English... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £7,170 ($12,196) |
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Lot 97 BRAUN, Georg (1541-1622) and Frans HOGENBERG (1535-1590). Civitates Orbis... |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($20,412 - $30,618) price realized £16,730 ($28,458) |
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Lot 98 BRONGNIART, Adolphe-Théodore (1801-1876). Histoire des végétaux... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £2,629 ($4,472) |
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Lot 99 CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Atlas Historique. Amsterdam:... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($11,907 - $17,010) price realized £7,768 ($13,213) |
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Lot 100 [Jacobus van den Kieboom (publisher)]. La Connoissance des Pavillons ou... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £3,346 ($5,692) |
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Lot 101 CURTIS, William (1746-99) and John SIMS (1749-1831). The Botanical Magazine;... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £5,019 ($8,537) |
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Lot 102 DAPPER, Olfert (d.1690). Naukeurige Beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en... |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($4,253 - $5,954) price realized £2,390 ($4,065) |
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Lot 103 DONOVAN, EDWARDS (1768-1837). An Epitome of the Natural History of the... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £7,170 ($12,196) |
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Lot 104 GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, Étienne (1772-1844) and Frédéric CUVIER (1773-1838).... |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($20,412 - $30,618) price realized £13,145 ($22,360) |
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Lot 105 GOULD, John (1804-1881). The Birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor and... |
estimate £30,000 - £40,000 ($51,030 - $68,040) price realized £35,850 ($60,981) |
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Lot 106 GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909). A Monograph... |
estimate £65,000 - £80,000 ($110,565 - $136,080) price realized £89,250 ($151,814) |
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Lot 107 HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander, Baron von (1769-1859) and Aimé... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £4,183 ($7,114) |
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Lot 108 KLEINER, Salomon (1703-1761). Residences Memorables de l'incomparable Heros... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £11,353 ($19,311) |
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Lot 109 KOREAN ATLAS. [Korea: 1861]. |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,552 - $3,402) price realized £1,434 ($2,439) |
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Lot 110 LEAR, Edward (1812-1888) -- Alfred, Lord TENNYSON (1809-1892). Idylls of the... |
estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,361 - $2,041) price realized £2,032 ($3,456) |
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Lot 111 LEAR, Edward. Illustrated Excursions in Italy [... volume II].... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £4,541 ($7,724) |
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Lot 112 LEAR, Edward. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. London:... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £2,151 ($3,659) |
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Lot 114 LEAR, Edward. Views in the Seven Ionian Islands. London: the author,... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,402 - $5,103) price realized £3,585 ($6,098) |
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Lot 117 MANETTI, Saverio. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Florence: heirs of... |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($20,412 - $30,618) price realized £38,240 ($65,046) |
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Lot 119 MILLER, Philip (1691-1771) [?and Thomas MARTYN (1735-1825)]. Figures of... |
estimate £6,500 - £8,500 ($11,057 - $14,459) price realized £7,768 ($13,213) |
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Lot 120 MONTANUS, Arnoldus (1625?-1683). De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weerld: of... |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($8,505 - $13,608) price realized £4,780 ($8,131) |
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Lot 121 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904). Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($34,020 - $51,030) price realized £38,240 ($65,046) |
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Lot 122 NATURE PRINTING -- Constantin Freiherr von ETTINGSHAUSEN (1826-1897) and Alois... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £3,585 ($6,098) |
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Lot 123 NATURE PRINTING -- Thomas MOORE (1821-1887). The Ferns of Great Britain and... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £4,541 ($7,724) |
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Lot 124 PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le Antichita Romane. Rome:... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($34,020 - $51,030) price realized £21,510 ($36,589) |
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Lot 125 PIRANESI -- A composite album containing part of Giovanni Battista PIRANESI... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £16,730 ($28,458) |
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Lot 126 PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences.... |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($5,103 - $8,505) price realized £3,585 ($6,098) |
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Lot 128 RENARD, Louis (1678/9-1746). Poissons Ecrevisses et Crabes de diverses... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($34,020 - $51,030) price realized £31,070 ($52,850) |
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Lot 130 RUSSIAN FISHERIES -- Risunki k izsledovaniiu Kaspiiskago rybolovstva;... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,804 - $10,206) price realized £4,780 ($8,131) |
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Lot 131 ST. PETERSBURG, Imperial Academy of Science and Art -- Plan de la ville de... |
estimate £6,000 - £8,000 ($10,206 - $13,608) price realized £13,145 ($22,360) |
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Lot 132 John Augustus Simson (fl. 1735-1745) Still-life with flowers including Anemone, Carnation, Roses, Sweet Peas,... pencil, watercolour and gum arabic, on vellum, laid on panel 22½ x 16¾ in. (57.2 x 42.5 cm.) in a carved and gilded 18th-century frame |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($20,412 - $30,618) price realized £13,145 ($22,360) |
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Lot 133 SMITH, William (1769-1830). A Delineation of the Strata of England and... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($17,010 - $25,515) price realized £16,730 ($28,458) |
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Lot 135 STUBBS, George (1724-1806). The Anatomy of the Horse. London: J. Purser... |
estimate £6,000 - £8,000 ($10,206 - $13,608) price realized £6,573 ($11,180) |
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