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The Magnificent Botanical Library Of D. F. Allen
26 October 2017 • New York
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Sale Number: N09659
67 lots
1. Coloured Engravings of Heaths. The Drawings Taken from the Living Plants Only. London: [vol. 1] printed by T. Bensley [vol. 2] or R. Taylor for the Author, [1794–] 1802–1805–1809–"1805" [–1830]
Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD
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2. The Botanist’s Repository, Comprising Colour’d Engravings of New and Rare Plants Only, With Botanical Descriptions &c, in Latin and English After the Linnean System … London: T. Bensley, for the author 1797 [–1815]
Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD
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3. A Flora of North America. Illustrated by Coloured Figures Drawn from Nature. Philadelphia: [vol 1.] M. Carey & Sons; [vol. 2 & 3] H. C. Carey & I. Lea, [1820–]1821–1823 [–1824]
Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 USD
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4. The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway and Sons, for the Author, [1837–] 1843
Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 USD
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5. Iconographie du genre Camellia, ou descriptions et figures des plus camellia les plus beau et les plus rares peints d'après nature dans les Serres et sous la direction de M. l'Abbé Berlèse par M. J.-J. Jung … Accompagnées d'un traité complet sur la culture spéciale de cette plante et sur les soins qu'elle exige pour fleurir abondamment. Paris: H. Cousin, [1839–] 1841–1843
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD
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6. Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum id est Elisabethae Blackwell Collectio Stirpium quae in Pharmocopoliis ad Medicum usum asservantur ... cum praefatione ... Christoph. Iacobi Trew. Nuremberg: Christian de Lavnoy, [1747–] 1757–1754–1773
Estimate: 18,000 – 25,000 USD
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7. [Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum: Das ist: Vernewertes und vermehrtes Blumenbuch.] Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1641 [–1647]
Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 USD
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8. Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses qui se cultiventant dans les jardins de la Chine que dans ceux de l'Europe. Paris: chez Lacombe et chez l'Auteur, [1776]
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 USD
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9. Flore pittoresque dédiée aux dames, par A. Chazal, elève de Mr. Van Spaendonck. [Paris: Rouen, 1818–1825] bound following: L'art de peindre les fleurs à l'aquarelle, précédé d'un traité de botanique élémentaire, et orné d'un choix des plus belles fleurs gravées, d'après les dessins de Mlle Augustine Dufour, èléve de M. Redouté. Paris: (Imprimerie de Casimir for) Chez Lequien fils, 1834
Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 USD
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10. Flora Londiniensis; or, Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London. London: [Vol. 1] Printed for and sold by the Author & B. White & Son [Vol. 2] for the author, [1775–] 1777–1798
Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD
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11. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed. London: Printed by Couchman and Fry for W. Curtis, 1790–1788–1805
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
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12. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed. London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1811-1848
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
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