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Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
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4. Thomas Bewick | History of British Birds, 1797–1804–1821, 2 volumes

5. Peter Brown | New Illustrations of Zoology, 1776, finely-bound copy

6. William Curtis | Flora londinensis, 1777–1798, 2 volumes bound in 4

7. Anselme-Gaëtan Desmarest | Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et des todiers, 1805

8. Rembert Dodoens | A niewe herball, London, 1578, calf over wooden boards

9. Daniel Giraud Elliot | Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants, 1870-1872, coloured plates

10. William Cornwallis Harris | Portraits of the game and wild animals of Southern Africa, 1840

11. James Edmund Harting | The ornithology of Shakespeare, 1871, the author's own copy

12. James Edmund Harting | A handbook of British birds, 2 editions and notes

13. Francis Salvin and William Henry Broderick | Falconry in the British Isles, 1873

14. Edward Rodd and James Edmund Harting |The Birds of Cornwall, 1880, annotated and with extra material inserted

15. James Edmund Harting | Essays on Sport, 1883, the author's copy

16. James Edmund Harting | Manuscript copy of Perfect booke for kepinge of sparhawkes, 1886, with the limited edition

17. James Edmund Harting | Bibliotheca accipitraria, 1891, the author's annotated copy

18. James Edmund Harting | Hints on the Management of Hawks, 1898, annotated

19. James Edmund Harting | "British Mammals", a volume so titled containing various annotated articles by Harting

20. James Edmund Harting | Recreations of a Naturalist, 1906, the author's copy, annotated

23. John Hill | The British Herbal, 1756
![René Lesson | Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches. Paris, [1829–1830], plates in two states, fine copy](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1c83829/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1490x2000+0+0/resize/150x201!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F80%2F48%2Fe7eb918f4a1fa685aa3b1e3e3a43%2Fl21401-btnnf-1.jpg)
25. René Lesson | Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches. Paris, [1829–1830], plates in two states, fine copy

26. David Low | The breeds of domestic animals of the British Islands, 1842, fine coloured plates

27. Albert Millican | Autograph manuscript of 'Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter' with letters and first edition

30. William Scrope | Deer Stalking and Salmon Fishing, 1838–1843, 2 volumes, presentation copy finely bound
![Henry Seebohm | A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes, [1898]-1902, 2 volumes, fine copy](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d3ddcad/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1674x2000+0+0/resize/150x179!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3d%2F3c%2F2f1f24fe4482b387a74b240756cd%2Fl21401-bw5lz-1.jpg)
31. Henry Seebohm | A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes, [1898]-1902, 2 volumes, fine copy

32. George Ernest Shelley | A monograph of the nectariniidae, 1876-1880, fine copy from the library of Lord Lilford

33. Archibald Thorburn | An album containing eight original drawings of birds of prey
![Pieter van der Aa | Veteris orbis tabulae geographicae, [1714]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ce9e20/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1581+0+0/resize/150x119!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F60%2Ff5%2F5eeb65624020a83621e1b8a0b5f1%2Fl21401-b3xht-1.jpg)
35. Pieter van der Aa | Veteris orbis tabulae geographicae, [1714]

36. Admiralty charts | A collection of 59 charts, twentieth century
![Al-Idrisi | Charta Rogeriana. Weltcarte des Idrisi, 1154 [but Stuttgart: Konrad Miller, 1928]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5e258be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x937+0+0/resize/150x70!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F68%2F79%2Fb88f716448babb961235ef8ffec0%2Fl21401-bltx2-1.jpg)
37. Al-Idrisi | Charta Rogeriana. Weltcarte des Idrisi, 1154 [but Stuttgart: Konrad Miller, 1928]

38. Carel Allard | World map, c.1683

40. Willem and Joan Blaeu | Le theatre du monde, 1643-1645, 4 volumes, contemporary presentation binding

41. Georg Braun und Franz Hogenberg | Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne, 1597-c.1606, 5 volumes, hand-coloured, calf

42. William Camden | Britannia, London, 1607, old reversed calf

43. C.F. Delamarche | A rare jigsaw atlas, c.1880

44. Electric and International Telegraph Company | Map of Europe ... shewing the system of Telegraphs, 1859

45. Henricus Hondius | World map, 1641
![Qianren Huang | "Blue Map" of China. [Daoguang, 19th century]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dfed40a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1499+0+0/resize/150x112!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F70%2Fcb%2F0072c9ff4e8aab2d4a8b9545d122%2Fl21401-bjfl3-1.jpg)
46. Qianren Huang | "Blue Map" of China. [Daoguang, 19th century]

48. MacDonald Gill | Two wartime maps: Australia, 1942, and New Zealand, 1943

49. Richard Marshall | World map, 1785

50. Abraham Ortelius | Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1595

51. Edward Quin | An Historical Atlas. London, 1830
![John Russell | [Atlas to Guthrie's system of Geography]. London, 1811, calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/beaa9e6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1193+0+0/resize/150x89!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fec%2Fa1%2Fe0f730344e1eb5907735a38e3ff7%2Fl21401-bt4yq-1.jpg)
52. John Russell | [Atlas to Guthrie's system of Geography]. London, 1811, calf

54. John Speed | A group of 69 loose maps from his Theatre and Prospect, 1676
![Ferdinand Verbiest | Kunyu quantu [A Complete Map of the World]. Beijing 1674, reprinted Seoul, c.1860 or c.1930](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b6c4479/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1315+0+0/resize/150x99!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fde%2F83%2F7264a2c0412ab09a67caab60a341%2Fl21401-bjc6k-01-group.jpg)
55. Ferdinand Verbiest | Kunyu quantu [A Complete Map of the World]. Beijing 1674, reprinted Seoul, c.1860 or c.1930

60. Joan Blaeu | Theatrum urbium Belgicae foederatae, c.1649
![Daniel Meisner | Thesauri philopolitici tomi secundi pars prima [pars secunda], 1627–1628](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/768cab2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1579+0+0/resize/150x118!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fae%2F3e%2F924cef4c492599bf86ce65cdb3ab%2Fl21401-bvbyc-1.jpg)
63. Daniel Meisner | Thesauri philopolitici tomi secundi pars prima [pars secunda], 1627–1628

64. Fynes Moryson | An itinerary. London, 1617, speckled calf

65. Adam Perelle | An album of engraved views of Paris, c.1680, fine English binding

66. Pierre Lambert de Saumery | Les delices de Liege, Liege, 1738-1744, 5 volumes, calf bindings