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Important Natural History Books From The Arcadian Library

Christie's, 14 November 2007, London, King Street

Date of the auction: 14.11.2007

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Lot number 201
ALBIN, Eleazar (fl 1713-59) A Natural History of English Ins...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$4,142 - US$6,213
Price realised:
£4,750
ca. US$9,838
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Lot number 202
ALESSANDRI, Innocente (b c 1740) and Pietro SCATTAGLIA (acti...
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$41,426 - US$62,139
Price realised:
£23,300
ca. US$48,261
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Lot number 203
AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800) and Louis Jean Pierre VI...
Estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
ca. US$51,783 - US$72,496
Price realised:
£42,500
ca. US$88,031
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Lot number 205
BOLTON, James (c1733-1799) Harmonia Ruralis; or, an Essay to...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,213 - US$10,356
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$14,240
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Lot number 207
BROWN, Peter (fl1776) New Illustrations of Zoology, containi...
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$5,178 - US$7,249
Price realised:
£4,750
ca. US$9,838
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Lot number 208
BRUNFELS, Otto (c1488-1534) Herbarium tomis tribus Strassbur...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,213 - US$10,356
Price realised:
£6,000
ca. US$12,427
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Lot number 209
BUFFON, Georges-Louis-Marie Le Clerc (1707-88) Histoire Natu...
Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$207,132 - US$310,699
Price realised:
£108,500
ca. US$224,739
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Lot number 213
DRURY, Dru (1725-1803) Illustrations of Natural History; whe...
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$8,285 - US$12,427
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$10,356
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Lot number 215
EDWARDS, George (1694-1773) A Natural History of Birds [With...
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$62,139 - US$103,566
Price realised:
£34,100
ca. US$70,632
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Lot number 216
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) A Monograph of the Paradis...
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$31,069 - US$41,426
Price realised:
£22,100
ca. US$45,776
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Lot number 217
GESNER, Conrad (1516-65) Historiae animalium Frankfurt: Henr...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$4,142 - US$6,213
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$14,240
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Lot number 224
GOULD, John (1804-1881) A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or F...
Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$144,992 - US$207,132
Price realised:
£114,500
ca. US$237,167
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Lot number 220
GOULD, John (1804-1881) A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Fa...
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$31,069 - US$41,426
Price realised:
£18,500
ca. US$38,319
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Lot number 218
GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Nicholas Aylward VIGORS (1787-18...
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$14,499 - US$20,713
Price realised:
£11,250
ca. US$23,302
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Lot number 223
GOULD, John (1804-1881) The Birds of Australia London: Taylo...
Estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
ca. US$248,559 - US$372,839
Price realised:
£156,500
ca. US$324,162
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Lot number 219
GOULD, John (1804-1881) The Birds of Europe London: Richard ...
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$103,566 - US$144,992
Price realised:
£72,500
ca. US$150,171
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Lot number 225
GOULD, John (1804-1881) The Birds of Great Britain London: T...
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$10,356 - US$16,570
Price realised:
£10,625
ca. US$22,007
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Lot number 227
HORTUS SANITATIS Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491
Estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
ca. US$124,279 - US$165,706
Price realised:
£60,500
ca. US$125,315
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Lot number 228
JONSTON, Jan (1603-75) Histoire naturelle et raisonnée des d...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$4,142 - US$6,213
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$6,213
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Lot number 231
LATHAM, John (1740-1837) A General History of Birds Winchest...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,106 - US$4,142
Price realised:
£6,000
ca. US$12,427
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Lot number 232
LESSON, René Primevère (1794-1849) Histoire naturelle des oi...
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$31,069 - US$41,426
Price realised:
£17,300
ca. US$35,833
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Lot number 233
LEVAILLANT, François (1753-1824) Histoire naturelle des perr...
Estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
ca. US$124,279 - US$165,706
Price realised:
£108,500
ca. US$224,739
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Lot number 235
LEWIN, William (1747-1795) The Birds of Great Britain, with ...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,213 - US$10,356
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$7,249
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Lot number 234
LEWIN, William (1747-1795) The Insects of Great Britain Lond...
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$2,485 - US$3,728
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$2,848
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Lot number 236
Magasin de Zoologie: Oiseaux Paris: Lequieun et Bertrand, 1...
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$2,485 - US$3,728
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$3,106
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Lot number 237
MEIDINGER, Carl von Icones Piscium Austriae indigenorum Vien...
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$31,069 - US$41,426
Price realised:
£29,300
ca. US$60,689
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Lot number 238
MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717) Erucarum ortus, alimentum ...
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$10,356 - US$16,570
Price realised:
£12,500
ca. US$25,891
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Lot number 239
MILLER, John (1715-1780) Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Lin...
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$24,855 - US$37,283
Price realised:
£22,100
ca. US$45,776
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Lot number 240
MIVART, St George Jackson (1827-1900) Dogs, Jackals, Wolves,...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$1,035 - US$1,449
Price realised:
£938
ca. US$1,942
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Lot number 245
SALVIN, Francis Henry (1817-1904) and William BRODERICK (181...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$4,142 - US$6,213
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$8,285
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