Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps - L06401

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Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps

09 May 2006 • London

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Sale Number: L06401

208. Historiarum indicarum libri XVI. Cologne: Officina Birckmannica, for Arnold Mylius, 1593

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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209. Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863, first edition, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece of Burton, 4 plates, folding map, 2pp. of advertisements at end of volume 2, original green cloth, portrait spotted, one plate detached, a few leaves frayed at outer margin, volume 1 upper hinge splitting, volume 2 upper cover rubbed at top edge

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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210. Early manuscript of Carletti's account of his voyages to the West and East Indies, the text diverging from the published version,

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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211. Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus... Editio tertia. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius à Waesberg & sons, 1678

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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212. Africæ, described. [London: T. Bassett and R. Chiswell, 1676], 395 x 515mm., double-page engraved general map, side borders of native figures and top border of town plans, hand-coloured

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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213. Africa corrected from Observations of Mess. of ye Royal Societies at London and Paris... by C. Price at ye Archimedes & Globe in Ludgate Street, London 1711... Made & Sold by G. Willdey in Ludgate Street. London: George Willdey, [1715], 950 x 66mm., large engraved regional map, fully hand-coloured, remargined at upper and lower margins with slight reinstatement

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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214. Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terrae vulgo indigetatae terra do Natal. [Amsterdam, 1596], 386 x 552mm., folding engraved map of the south-eastern coast of Africa, narrow margins on 3 sides (as usual), short tear, splitting at the junction of the folds

Estimate: 1,200 – 1,400 GBP

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215. Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, entrepris pour décovrir les sources du Nil. Paris: Hotel de Thou, Plassan, 1790–1792

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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216. Scenes in Ethiopia. Designed from Nature. London: F.G. Moon, 1852

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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217. In Darkest Africa. Or the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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218. A set of 10 original illustrations for Stanley's In Darkest Africa (1890).

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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219. Karte der Reyse van Abel Tasman. [Dordrecht & Amsterdam, 1726], 305 x 467mm., map of Australia and New Zealand

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP

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