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Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Including the Library of Colin and Joan Deacon

15 May 2018 | 10:00 AM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

2,237,018GBP
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  • 304
    Mecca--Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar
    Fifteen early photographs of Mecca, the Mahmal, Taif and pilgrims on the Hajj. [c.1885-1888]
    LOT SOLD.297,000GBP
  • 323
    Las Casas, Bartolomé de
    A COMPLETE SET OF LAS CASAS'S INDIAN TRACTS, WITH AN EARLY INSCRIPTION STATING THIS BOOK WAS OWNED BY INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA
    LOT SOLD.168,750GBP
  • 308
    Oman and Iraq--Samuel Miles, Louis Maguire and Joseph Svoboda
    Album of photographs of Oman and Iraq presented by the United States Consul in Muscat to the British Political Agent in the Gulf. [1871-1885]
    LOT SOLD.137,500GBP
  • 313
    Roberts, David
    The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. London: F.G. Moon, 1842-1849
    LOT SOLD.125,000GBP
  • 225
    Goos, Pieter
    De Zee-Atlas Ofte Water-Wereld, Waer in vertoont werden all de Zee-Kusten Van hetbekende des. Aerd-Bodems. Seer dienstigh voor alle Heeren en Kooplieden, Also oock voor all Schippers en Stuurlieden. Amsterdam: Pieter Goos, 1668  [some maps dated 1669, see footnote]
    LOT SOLD.106,250GBP
  • 230
    Ptolemaeus, Claudius
    Liber geographiae cum tabulis et universali figura et cum additione locorum quae a recentioribus reperta sunt. Venice: Jacobus Pentius de Lencho, 20 March 1511
    LOT SOLD.75,000GBP
  • 301
    Mecca and the Hajj--Saudi Arabia
    A collection of 33 photographs. [c.1930s-40s]
    LOT SOLD.62,500GBP
  • 292
    [Gudenus, Philipe François, Baron de]
    Collection des Prospects et Habillemens en Turquie desinés après nature par le B. de G. et dédiés par l'Acad. Imp. à ses Exc. Messeigs. les Ambassadeurs, qui sont et qui ont été à Constantinople. Augsburg: Imperial Academy, [c.1742]
    LOT SOLD.60,000GBP
  • 303
    Mecca--Snouck Hurgronje, Christian
    Bilder aus Mekka. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1889
    LOT SOLD.50,000GBP
  • 236
    Canaletto [Canal, Antonio]
    Prospectus magni canalis venetiarum [part 1 of Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores]... omnia sunt expressa ex tabulis XIV pictis ab Antonio Canale, in aedibus Josephi Smith Angli, delineante atque incidente Antonio Visentini. [Venice], 1735
    LOT SOLD.50,000GBP
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Sale Number: L18401 Lots : 419

SALE TOTAL

2,237,018GBP DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 15 May 2018 | 10:00 AM | Lots 1 - 204
  • Session 2: 15 May 2018 | 02:30 PM | Lots 205 - 421
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In this sale on the 15 May we are delighted to offer the library of Colin and Joan Deacon, which comprises a wonderful collection of sea voyages, exploration and British naval history. The sale also features beautiful works of natural history, world maps and atlases, colour-plate books, accounts of exploration, and topographical photographs.

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Dr David Goldthorpe
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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5303
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Richard Fattorini
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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5301
richard.fattorini@sothebys.com
Cecilie Gasseholm
Specialist
Travel and Atlases
+44 20 7293 5292
cecilie.gasseholm@sothebys.com
Dina Andrzheychik
Administrator
Sculpture & Works of Art
+44 207 293 5297
dina.andrzheychik@sothebys.com
   
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