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Auction 18.10.1991

Christie's, London, South Kensington

Date of the auction: 18.10.1991

Lot number 1
Alpinus (Prospero): De Medicina Aegyptorum, first edition, 4to, Venice...

Alpinus (Prospero): De Medicina Aegyptorum, first edition, 4to, Venice, apud Franciscum de...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£150 - £250
ca. US$258 - US$430
Price realised:
£242
ca. US$416
Lot number 3
Barlow (Francis)]: Livre de Plusieurs Animaux, oblong 4to, [Paris], chez...

Barlow (Francis)]: Livre de Plusieurs Animaux, oblong 4to, [Paris], chez Jos. Frid. Leopold, [c...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,205 - US$1,722
Price realised:
£715
ca. US$1,231
Lot number 4
Beckford (William): Thoughts Upon Hare and Fox Hunting ... Also an Account...

Beckford (William): Thoughts Upon Hare and Fox Hunting ... Also an Account of the Most Celebrated...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£180 - £250
ca. US$309 - US$430
Price realised:
£209
ca. US$359
Lot number 5
Bent (Arthur Cleveland): Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, 2...

Bent (Arthur Cleveland): Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, 2 vols., 8vo, 1937-38 [see...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$172 - US$258
Price realised:
£104
ca. US$179
Lot number 6
Berzélius (Jon Jacob): De l'Emploi du Chalumeau dans les Analyses Chimiques...

Berzélius (Jon Jacob): De l'Emploi du Chalumeau dans les Analyses Chimiques et les Déterminations...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£150 - £250
ca. US$258 - US$430
Price realised:
£187
ca. US$322
Lot number 7
Buffon (George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de): The History of Singing...

Buffon (George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de): The History of Singing Birds, 8vo, Edinburgh, for...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$430 - US$602
Price realised:
£286
ca. US$492
Lot number 7 A
Busschof (Herman) and Henry van Roonhuyse: Two Treatises, the One Medical...

Busschof (Herman) and Henry van Roonhuyse: Two Treatises, the One Medical of the Gout ... the Other...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£10 - £100
ca. US$17 - US$172
Price realised:
£77
ca. US$132
Lot number 8
Cloquet (Jules Germain): L'Anatomie de l'Homme, 5 vols. in 3, lge. folio...

Cloquet (Jules Germain): L'Anatomie de l'Homme, 5 vols. in 3, lge. folio, Paris, 1821-31 [Garrison...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£500 - £600
ca. US$861 - US$1,033
Price realised:
£880
ca. US$1,515
Lot number 9
Crato von Kraftheim (J.): Consiliorum et Epistolarum Medicinalium, studio...

Crato von Kraftheim (J.): Consiliorum et Epistolarum Medicinalium, studio et labore Laurentii...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$344 - US$516
Price realised:
£220
ca. US$378
Lot number 10
Culpeper (Nicholas): English Physician and Complete Herbal, 2 vols. in one...

Culpeper (Nicholas): English Physician and Complete Herbal, 2 vols. in one, 4to, for the Author...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£70 - £100
ca. US$120 - US$172
Price realised:
£132
ca. US$227
Lot number 11
Ellis (George Viner): Illustrations of Dissections...Representing...

Ellis (George Viner): Illustrations of Dissections...Representing Dissections of the Human Body, 4...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$516 - US$861
Price realised:
£308
ca. US$530
Lot number 12
Fishing -- [Chatto (William Andrew)]: Scenes and Recollections of...

Fishing -- [Chatto (William Andrew)]: Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing, first edition, 12mo...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$206 - US$309
Price realised:
£198
ca. US$340
Lot number 13
Gould (John): The Birds of Great Britain, vol. I only, lge. folio, 1862...

Gould (John): The Birds of Great Britain, vol. I only, lge. folio, 1862 [Nissen IVB 372; Zimmer p...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£6,000 - £7,000
ca. US$10,332 - US$12,054
Price realised:
£6,600
ca. US$11,365
Lot number 16
Hunting-- St. John (Charles): A Tour in Sutherlandshire, with Extracts from...

Hunting-- St. John (Charles): A Tour in Sutherlandshire, with Extracts from the Field-books of a...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$516 - US$688
Price realised:
£385
ca. US$662
Lot number 17
Lettsom (John Coakley): The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with...

Lettsom (John Coakley): The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
ca. US$3,099 - US$3,788
Price realised:
£2,090
ca. US$3,599
Lot number 18
Lyon (John): Experiments and Observations made with a view to point out the...

Lyon (John): Experiments and Observations made with a view to point out the Errors of the Present...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$172 - US$258
Price realised:
£330
ca. US$568
Lot number 18 A
Maxwell (James Clerk): A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 2 vols...

Maxwell (James Clerk): A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 2 vols., first edition, 8vo, Oxford...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$688 - US$861
Price realised:
£715
ca. US$1,231
Lot number 22
Porta (Giovanni Battista della): Della Fisonomia dell' Huomo, folio...

Porta (Giovanni Battista della): Della Fisonomia dell' Huomo, folio, Naples, appresso Giacomo...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$206 - US$309
Price realised:
£264
ca. US$454
Lot number 23
Pryce (William): Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines...

Pryce (William): Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining, first edition...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£220 - £260
ca. US$378 - US$447
Price realised:
£242
ca. US$416
Lot number 24
Revue Horticole [edited by M.E.A. Carrière], 4 vols. [51e-54e Année], 8vo...

Revue Horticole [edited by M.E.A. Carrière], 4 vols. [51e-54e Année], 8vo, Paris, 1878-81 [Nissen...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,205 - US$1,722
Price realised:
£935
ca. US$1,610
Lot number 26
Séguy (E.-A.): Papillons, folio, Paris, [1925], 20 plates of butterflies by...

Séguy (E.-A.): Papillons, folio, Paris, [1925], 20 plates of butterflies by Séguy, coloured by the...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$516 - US$861
Price realised:
£825
ca. US$1,420
Lot number 28
Sowerby (James): English Botany, 5 vols. [I-V], 8vo, 1790-96 [Nissen BBI...

Sowerby (James): English Botany, 5 vols. [I-V], 8vo, 1790-96 [Nissen BBI 2225; Henrey I 1396], 366...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$516 - US$861
Price realised:
£385
ca. US$662
Lot number 29
Thomson (M. James): Arcana Naturae ou Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle, folio...

Thomson (M. James): Arcana Naturae ou Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle, folio, Paris, 1859, engraved...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$172 - US$258
Price realised:
£209
ca. US$359
Lot number 30
Thorburn (Archibald) -- Millais (John Guille): The Mammals of Great Britain...

Thorburn (Archibald) -- Millais (John Guille): The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$516 - US$861
Price realised:
£550
ca. US$947
Lot number 31
Thorburn (Archibald) -- A collection of 100 chromolithographed plates by...

Thorburn (Archibald) -- A collection of 100 chromolithographed plates by Thorburn, the majority of...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£80 - £120
ca. US$137 - US$206
Price realised:
£165
ca. US$284
Lot number 32
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de): Materia Medica; or, a Description of Simple...

Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de): Materia Medica; or, a Description of Simple Medicines Generally Us'd...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$206 - US$309
Price realised:
£143
ca. US$246
Lot number 33
Whewell (William): History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to...

Whewell (William): History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time, new...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$206 - US$309
Price realised:
£198
ca. US$340
Lot number 35
Woodville (William): Medical Botany, 3 vols., 4to, for the Author, by James...

Woodville (William): Medical Botany, 3 vols., 4to, for the Author, by James Phillips, 1790-94...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£600 - £700
ca. US$1,033 - US$1,205
Price realised:
£1,210
ca. US$2,083
Lot number 35 A
A quantity of early but defective medical books in one teachest.

A quantity of early but defective medical books in one teachest...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$172 - US$258
Price realised:
£242
ca. US$416
Lot number 36
Abbey (J.R.): Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, number 103 of 500...

Abbey (J.R.): Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, number 103 of 500 copies, lge. 4to, privately...

Christie's, 18 Oct 1991
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$344 - US$516
Price realised:
£242
ca. US$416
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