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Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany
28 July - 4 August 2020 • London
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1. ALBIN | A natural history of birds, 1738-1740 (but later)

2. ALKEN | The national sports of Great Britain, 1821

3. AMBERT | Esquisses historiques... l'armée française, Saumur, 1835, half red morocco, Furstenberg copy
![ANNING, MARY | autograph letter signed, to William Buckland, [1829]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e66d886/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1704x2000+0+0/resize/150x176!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff0%2Fac%2F0b5f6a4947c6a01bd6c29405dbaf%2Fl20409-blw9w-1.jpg)
4. ANNING, MARY | autograph letter signed, to William Buckland, [1829]

5. ASTLEY | The art of riding, London, 1584, later calf, drop-back box

6. AUTOGRAPH ALBUM | c.460 items including letters by Babbage, Charles Vignoles, and many others

7. BEDFORD, DR EVAN | Medical papers, diaries, and related material

8. BEEBE, C.W. | A Monograph of the Pheasants, London 1918-1922, 4 volumes

9. BONAPARTE, C.L. | Iconographie des pigeons, Paris 1857

10. BOYS | Original views of London as it is. London: Thomas Boys, 1842

11. BRAZIL | Brass plaque celebrating the establishment of the First Brazilian Republic, 15 November 1889

12. BRAZIL | Fernando de Noronha island, watercolour and engraved map
![[BRAZIL]--CICÉRI AND BENOIST | Rio de Janeiro, [1852], hand-coloured lithograph](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b62ed4a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1409+0+0/resize/150x106!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffa%2F20%2F4a55859641d38eebe86ba6d25494%2Fl20409-blzry-01.jpg)
13. [BRAZIL]--CICÉRI AND BENOIST | Rio de Janeiro, [1852], hand-coloured lithograph
![[BRAZIL]--CORONELLI | Three globe gores of South America, mainly Brazil, [c.1693]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf185be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1438x2000+0+0/resize/150x209!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F08%2Fca%2F9b1e542c4f238538973dcd5b2260%2Fl20409-blv5l-1.jpg)
14. [BRAZIL]--CORONELLI | Three globe gores of South America, mainly Brazil, [c.1693]
![[BRAZIL]--HORATIUS | Il Regno del Brasile parte nobilissima del Mondo nuovo, 1698, engraved map](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc0c6db/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fa0%2Fbd%2F48829ab94d569c47046366ff1134%2Fl20409-blv6p-1.jpg)
15. [BRAZIL]--HORATIUS | Il Regno del Brasile parte nobilissima del Mondo nuovo, 1698, engraved map
![BRAZIL | Two lithographed views of Rio de Janeiro, [1850s]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2a37162/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1629+0+0/resize/150x122!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F2a%2F5d%2F6c3b442a42a1ae58b040930c30af%2Fl20409-blv6q-1.jpg)
16. BRAZIL | Two lithographed views of Rio de Janeiro, [1850s]
![BRINDESI | Elbicei atika. Musée des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople. Paris, Lemercier, [1855]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5d17ede/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1607x2000+0+0/resize/150x187!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F43%2F23%2Fec9071e140c2892738e219e22ace%2Fl20409-blljy-2.jpg)
17. BRINDESI | Elbicei atika. Musée des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople. Paris, Lemercier, [1855]

18. CARDIGAN and McCORMICK | Eight months on active service & A Visit to the Camp before Sebastopol, both 1855; 2 works
![CARLEVARIS | Le fabriche e vedute di Venetia, Venice, [1705]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e8f2cf3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1451+0+0/resize/150x109!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fa4%2Fca%2F03f3133b4f5ab5a0da3be245fd11%2Fl20409-blzrj-1.jpg)
19. CARLEVARIS | Le fabriche e vedute di Venetia, Venice, [1705]
![CHILE | Two lithographed views of Valparaiso, [c.1854]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/78df41c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1425+0+0/resize/150x107!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F2c%2F1e%2F4a34c0d649cfbaba09881b4735d2%2Fl20409-blv6r-1.jpg)
20. CHILE | Two lithographed views of Valparaiso, [c.1854]

21. CORONELLI | Atlante Veneto, 1691

22. DAFFY | Elixir Salutis, 1681, 2 pamphlets
![DARWIN | autograph letter signed, to Henry Colburn, [1837]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aad61b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1318x2000+0+0/resize/150x228!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fa9%2F2d%2Fc98952f14a9ea76780c41e0e5dd9%2Fl20409-blw9t-1.jpg)
23. DARWIN | autograph letter signed, to Henry Colburn, [1837]

24. DINGLE | The new atlas of China, 1920

25. DONN | A map of the county of Devon, 1765

26. DONOVAN | The natural history of British birds, 1794-1798

27. DURY | A chorographical map of the King of Sardinia's dominions, 1765
![EDWARDS | A natural history of birds [Gleanings of natural history], 1802–1806 (watermarks 1816–1824)](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4f2b72b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1235x2000+0+0/resize/150x243!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F1f%2F87%2Fbfb029aa4f848b0b9224022c7850%2Fl20409-bltpn-1.jpg)
28. EDWARDS | A natural history of birds [Gleanings of natural history], 1802–1806 (watermarks 1816–1824)

29. EINSTEIN | Signed photograph, 1955

30. ELLIOT, D.G.| A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, New York 1873, folio, 36 plates

31. ELLIOT, D.G. | A Monograph of the Phasianidae, New York 1870-1872, 2 volumes

32. FARRÈRE AND FOUQUERAY | Jonques et sampans, 1945
![[FER] | Mappe-monde ou carte generale de la terre, 1760, large hand-coloured wall-map](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f5d728d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1451+0+0/resize/150x109!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F87%2F7b%2Faacd099246289d581ab5fd1a44ba%2Fl20409-blwq4-1.jpg)
33. [FER] | Mappe-monde ou carte generale de la terre, 1760, large hand-coloured wall-map

34. FRANCE | A pair of trompe-l'oeil engravings of assignats, c.1797
![FÜSSLI | Vues remarquables de la Suisse, [c.1802]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1984fa3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1435+0+0/resize/150x108!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fb0%2Fff%2F148e59724f6aabd7d9f85af19704%2Fl20409-blzrr-1.jpg)
35. FÜSSLI | Vues remarquables de la Suisse, [c.1802]

36. GART DER GESUNDHEIT | Augsburg, 1487, coloured woodcuts, later boards

37. GOULD, J. | Monograph of the Trogonidae, London 1835-1838, folio

38. HAYES, W. | Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, London 1794

39. HUME and MARSHALL | The Game Birds of India, Calcutta 1879-81, 3 vols

40. JAILLOT AND SANSON | Atlas Nouveau. Contenant toutes les parties du Monde, 1692-1693, 2 volumes

41. JAWHARI, ISMA'IL IBN HAMMAD | Turkish-Arabic dictionary, 1803, Sir Gore Ouseley's copy

42. KNORR | Verlustiging der oogen en van den geest, 1770–1775
![KOREA | Manuscript map, [twentieth century]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/893b30a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1465+0+0/resize/150x110!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc0%2F3d%2Fab3379fa4f5f8128e913598f46bd%2Fl20409-blv6s-1.jpg)
43. KOREA | Manuscript map, [twentieth century]

44. LATHAM | A general synopsis of birds, 1781-1785

45. LONDON |The several plans and drawings ... in the Third Report ... upon the improvement of the Port of London, 1800

46. MALAYSIA | Reconnaissance Map South-East Pahang, 1922

47. MEDICINE | Manuscript medical and culinary recipe book, 17th centuy

48. MERCATOR AND HONDIUS | Atlas, 1613