Natural History, Travel, Atlases and Maps - L09770

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Natural History, Travel, Atlases And Maps

07 May 2009 • London

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Sale Number: L09770

195. Sketches of Character in Illustration of the Habits... of the Negro Population... of Jamaica. Kingston, 1837], 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates only (including one duplicate) from this work, 3 mounted on card, together with 3 leaves of descriptive text, loose within a modern portfolio, plates browned and discoloured, text leaves covered in plastic; sold not subject to return

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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196. A new history of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts, to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon. London: for J. Hodges, 1740

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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197. An archive relating to engineering works on the Sao Paulo Railway for the period 1860-1943, comprising approximately 300 photographs (most identified), manuscript plans and drawings for building and engineering works, and other notes, printed documents, etc.; and other material relating to South American railways and engines, and one to the Manila Railroad Co.

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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199. Haec tabella Hydrograficè oras maritimas Africae à promontorio dicto Capo de Cantin, Angolam usque, ob oculos ponit... [Amsterdam: Cornelis Claeszoon, 1594 but c.1609], 390 x 545mm., double-page engraved chart after Plancius, inset plan of St. Helena, hand-coloured, strengthened at fold

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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200. of Saldanha Bay. [Amsterdam: Dutch East India Company, 1766], 515 x 735mm., manuscript chart in ink and colours on paper in 2 sheets joined, watermark: fleur-de-lys within a crowned shield, LVG; CM-IHS I Villedary (Churchill 411), slight waterstaining with some smudging, light crinkling of paper

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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201. Views in the Mauritius, or isle of France... with a memoir of the island, and a description of each view. London: Published for the proprietor by James Carpenter and Son, 1832

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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202. Photographs of African communities. [1881]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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203. First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856

Estimate: 5,000 – 6,000 GBP

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205. Untitled map. [Strassburg, 1522-1535], 290 x 450mm. (at greatest extent), double-page woodcut map

Estimate: 1,800 – 2,000 GBP

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206. China veteribus Sinarum regio. Amsterdam, [1635]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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207. Indiae orientalis insularumque adiacentium typus. [Antwerp, 1601], 345 x 500mm.

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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208. Iaponiae insula descriptio. Antwerp, [1595], 350 x 480mm., Latin text

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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