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Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

14 May 2019 | 10:30 AM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

2,088,880GBP
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  • 165
    Snouck Hurgronje, Christiaan
    Mekka ... mit Bilder-Atlas [zu Mekka [and] Bilder aus Mekka]. The Hage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889 (& Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1889)
    LOT SOLD.212,500GBP
  • 14
    Huquier, Gabriel (engraver), Jean Baptiste Oudry (artist) and others
    Livre des differentes espèces d'oiseaux de la Chine tires du Cabinet du Roy... [Bound with:] Livre des differentes espèces d'oiseaux, fleurs, plantes, et trophés de la Chine... 2.e partie... [Bound with:]... 3.e partie... [Bound with]... 4.e partie. Paris: [c.1745]
    LOT SOLD.187,500GBP
  • 244
    Huang, Qianren
    Da Qing wan nian yi tong di li tu. [Geographical Map of the Great Qing Dynasty]. Jiaqing period (1760-1820), 1812
    LOT SOLD.106,250GBP
  • 191
    Saudi Arabia--[Philby, Harry St John Bridger]
    A group of 26 photographs including Ibn Saud, his family, sword dancing, his camp in Mecca, and palace in Riyadh. [c.1936-7]
    LOT SOLD.100,000GBP
  • 47
    Ortelius, Abraham
    Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Plantin, [1592]
    LOT SOLD.100,000GBP
  • 67
    Speed, John
    The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles adjoyning... A Prospect of the most Famous Parts of the World... With many Additions never before Extant. London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676
    LOT SOLD.93,750GBP
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Sale Number: L19401 Lots : 280

SALE TOTAL

2,088,880GBP DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 14 May 2019 | 10:30 AM | Lots 1 - 111
  • Session 2: 14 May 2019 | 02:00 PM | Lots 112 - 282
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Discovering the World: Atlases from the Age of Exploration

Exploring Sarawak, the Photographic Journeys of Charles Hose

This sale offers important works of natural history, fine world maps and atlases, colour-plate books, accounts of exploration and travel, and topographical photographs.

Public exhibition and auction to be held in the Lower Grosvenor Gallery, Bloomfield Place, London, W1S 2TL
(access via New Bond Street, opposite our main premises).

Discovering the World: Atlases from the Age of Exploration

Exploring Sarawak, the Photographic Journeys of Charles Hose

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Dr David Goldthorpe
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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5303
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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5301
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Cecilie Gasseholm
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Travel and Atlases
+44 20 7293 5292
cecilie.gasseholm@sothebys.com
Augusto Aquila
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Warren van der Mescht
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Emily Power
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