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Travel, Atlases, Maps And Natural History
04 November 2014 • London
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Sale Number: L14405
218 lots
1. Harmonia Ruralis; or, an essay towards a natural history of British song birds. London: W.T. Gilling, 1824
Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
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2. A History of the Birds of New Zealand. London: John Van Voorst, 1873
Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
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3. A Monograph of the Meropidae or Family of the Bee-Eaters. London: Published by the author, 1884-1886
Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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4. A Natural History of Uncommon Birds [Gleanings of Natural History]. London, 1743-1764 [but later, watermarks up to 1805], 7 volumes, text in English and French, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 362 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional slight spotting
Estimate: 14,000 – 18,000 GBP
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5. Gould, John
The Birds of Europe. London: printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, published by the author, [1832]-1837
Estimate: 40,000 – 50,000 GBP
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6. A History of the Birds of Ceylon. London: Published by the author, 1880
Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 GBP
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7. Nederlandsche Vogelen. Amsterdam: Jan Christiaan Sepp [and son], 1770-1829
Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
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8. Exotic Ornithology, containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species. London: Bernard Quaritch, [1866]-1869
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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9. [Les Oiseaux les plus remarquables par leurs formes et leurs couleurs. Paris and London, c.1857]
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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10. Bewick, Thomas
History of British Birds. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson for Bailey and Bewick, 1797-1804
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
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11. Bewick, Thomas
A History of British Birds [A Supplement…] Newcastle: Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1805 (Supplement, 1821)
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
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12. A series of 75 finely-executed watercolour and pencil studies of British birds after Thomas Bewick. English, c.1834
Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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