Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Travel and Natural History
Catalog Information: 482 lots | 102 with images
Lot 1: ALBIN, Eleazar (fl. 1713-59). A Natural History of English Insects, London: William
ALBIN, Eleazar (fl. 1713-59). A Natural History of English Insects, London: William Innys, 1749. 4° (288 x 229mm). 100 hand-coloured engraved plates by Albin, H. Terasson, Hullet, and van Gucht after Albin. (Without W. Derham's Notes as usual, very [...more]
Lot 3: AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) & Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Viviparous Quadrupeds of
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) & Rev. John BACHMAN (1790-1874). The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: H. Ludwig [vols. I & II] or R. Craighead [vol.III] for J.J. and V.G. Audubon, 1846-1851-1853. 3 text volumes only, 4° (275 x 180mm) [...more]
Lot 4: BLACKWELL, Elizabeth (?1700-1758). Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum
BLACKWELL, Elizabeth (?1700-1758). Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, Nuremberg: Christianus de Lavnoy (vols. 1-4), heirs of Christianus de Lavnoy (vol.5), Joannes Fleischman (vol. 6), [1750]-1773. 6 volumes, 2° (362 x 234mm). 6 hand-colou [...more]
Lot 5: George Brookshaw (1751-1823)
Polinac Melon; Black Antigua Pineapple; Black Hamburgh Grapes; Apples; Pears; Cherries; Peaches and Figs, from Pomona Britannica, plates nos. VIII,XII,XXIV,XXXII,LV,LIX,LX,LXVIII,LXXIV,LXXXVI,LXXXVII,XCIIaquatints printed in colour and finished by ha [...more]
Lot 6: CAMERARIUS, Joachim (1534-98). Symbolorum & emblematum... centuria vna [-quarta]
CAMERARIUS, Joachim (1534-98). Symbolorum & emblematum... centuria vna [-quarta], Nuremberg: [part 1] for Johann Hofmann and Hubert Camoxius, 1590 [1593]: [part 2] P. Kaufmann, 1595: [part 3] ibid., 1596 [1597]: [part 4], 1604. 4 parts in one volume [...more]
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