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Sotheby's, London

Date of the auction: 27.04.2021 - 13.05.2021

Lot number 1
Jean-Baptiste Audebert | Original drawing of flying lemur, late 18th century

Jean-Baptiste Audebert An original watercolour sketch of a flying lemur, for a published print...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 2
Jean-Baptiste Audebert | Original drawing of flying lemur, late 18th century

Jean-Baptiste Audebert An original watercolour sketch of a flying lemur, for a published print...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 3
James Bateman | A Monograph of the Odontoglossum, London, [1867]-1874

James Bateman A Monograph of the Odontoglossum. London: Savill, Edwards & Co. for L. Reeve & Co...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,720 - US$13,886
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 4
Thomas Bewick | History of British Birds, 1797–1804–1821, 2 volumes

Thomas Bewick History of British Birds. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797–1804–1821...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,110 - US$1,666
Price realised:
£882
ca. US$1,224
Lot number 5
Peter Brown | New Illustrations of Zoology, 1776, finely-bound copy

Peter Brown New illustrations of zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,500 - £4,000
ca. US$4,860 - US$5,554
Price realised:
£4,788
ca. US$6,648
Lot number 6
William Curtis | Flora londinensis, 1777–1798, 2 volumes bound in 4

William Curtis Flora londinensis; Or, plates and s of such plants as grow wild in the environs of...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,331 - US$11,108
Price realised:
£9,450
ca. US$13,122
Lot number 7
Anselme-Gaëtan Desmarest | Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et...

Anselme-Gaëtan Desmarest Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et des todiers. Paris...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
£5,292
ca. US$7,348
Lot number 8
Rembert Dodoens | A niewe herball, London, 1578, calf over wooden boards

Rembert Dodoens A niewe herball, or historie of plantes: wherin is contayned the whole discourse and...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,082
Price realised:
£4,788
ca. US$6,648
Lot number 9
Daniel Giraud Elliot | Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the...

Daniel Giraud Elliot A Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants. New York: published...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$55,544 - US$83,316
Price realised:
£81,900
ca. US$113,727
Lot number 10
William Cornwallis Harris | Portraits of the game and wild animals of...

William Cornwallis Harris Portraits of the game and wild animals of Southern Africa, delineated from...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,331 - US$11,108
Price realised:
£6,930
ca. US$9,623
Lot number 11
James Edmund Harting | The ornithology of Shakespeare, 1871, the author's...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting The ornithology of Shakespeare...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$694 - US$972
Price realised:
£1,134
ca. US$1,574
Lot number 12
James Edmund Harting | A handbook of British birds, 2 editions and notes

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting A handbook of British birds...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,082 - US$2,777
Price realised:
£2,142
ca. US$2,974
Lot number 13
Francis Salvin and William Henry Broderick | Falconry in the British Isles...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustFrancis Salvin and William Henry Broderick Falconry...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,082
Price realised:
£6,930
ca. US$9,623
Lot number 14
Edward Rodd and James Edmund Harting |The Birds of Cornwall, 1880...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustHarting, James Edmund, editor—Rodd, Edward Hearle...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$694 - US$972
Price realised:
£1,386
ca. US$1,924
Lot number 15
James Edmund Harting | Essays on Sport, 1883, the author's copy

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Essays on sport and natural...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$694 - US$972
Price realised:
£1,071
ca. US$1,487
Lot number 16
James Edmund Harting | Manuscript copy of Perfect booke for kepinge of...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Manuscript copy of "The...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,082
Price realised:
£11,340
ca. US$15,746
Lot number 17
James Edmund Harting | Bibliotheca accipitraria, 1891, the author's...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Bibliotheca accipitraria. A...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
£9,450
ca. US$13,122
Lot number 18
James Edmund Harting | Hints on the Management of Hawks, 1898, annotated

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Hints on the management of...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$694 - US$972
Price realised:
£3,024
ca. US$4,199
Lot number 19
James Edmund Harting | "British Mammals", a volume so titled containing...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting “British Mammals”, late 19th...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$694 - US$972
Price realised:
£630
ca. US$874
Lot number 20
James Edmund Harting | Recreations of a Naturalist, 1906, the author's...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting Recreations of a naturalist...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$277 - US$416
Price realised:
£819
ca. US$1,137
Lot number 21
James Edmund Harting | A collection of books by him or from his library

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting A collection of c.74 volumes...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$5,554
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 22
James Edmund Harting | Archive of ornithological papers, correspondence...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJames Edmund Harting (1841-1928) Archive, mostly...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$16,663 - US$24,994
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 23
John Hill | The British Herbal, 1756

John Hill The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£4,032
ca. US$5,598
Lot number 24
Pauline Knip | Les Pigeons, 1808–1811, the Marcel Jeanson copy

Pauline Knip and Coenraad Jacob Temminck Les Pigeons. Par Madame Knip... premier peintre d'histoire...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$16,663 - US$24,994
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 25
René Lesson | Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches. Paris, [1829–1830...

Lesson, René Primevère Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1829–1830...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,331 - US$11,108
Price realised:
£7,560
ca. US$10,497
Lot number 26
David Low | The breeds of domestic animals of the British Islands, 1842...

David Low The breeds of domestic animals of the British Islands. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£4,788
ca. US$6,648
Lot number 27
Albert Millican | Autograph manuscript of 'Travels and Adventures of an...

Property of a LadyAlbert Millican AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of 'Adventures, Travels and Experiences of an...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$8,331
Price realised:
£10,080
ca. US$13,997
Lot number 28
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer | Album of 17 engraved plates from Livre de toutes...

Jean Baptiste Monnoyer An album of 17 engraved plates of bouquets of flowers in vases, baskets or...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$20,829 - US$27,772
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 29
Lionel Rothschild and John Keulemans | Album of drawings of cassowaries...

Rothschild, Lionel Walter, Baron Rothschild and John Gerrard Keulemans An album of original...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$20,829 - US$27,772
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 30
William Scrope | Deer Stalking and Salmon Fishing, 1838–1843, 2 volumes...

William Scrope The art of deer-stalking; illustrated by a narrative of a few days’ sport in the...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,082
Price realised:
£1,008
ca. US$1,399
Lot number 31
Henry Seebohm | A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes...

Henry Seebohm A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes… edited and completed (after the...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£8,190
ca. US$11,372
Lot number 32
George Ernest Shelley | A monograph of the nectariniidae, 1876-1880, fine...

George Ernest Shelley A monograph of the nectariniidae, or family of sun-birds. London: published by...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,943 - US$9,720
Price realised:
£20,160
ca. US$27,994
Lot number 33
Archibald Thorburn | An album containing eight original drawings of birds...

Archibald Thorburn “Sketches”, a volume so titled, late nineteenth century 4to-sized album (310 x...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£12,000 - £15,000
ca. US$16,663 - US$20,829
Price realised:
£44,100
ca. US$61,237
Lot number 34
Whaling—Japan | A fine Japanese hand-painted scroll depicting whales and...

Whaling—Japan 肖美鯨冥取之景. A fine Japanese hand-painted scroll depicting whales and whaling, late 18th...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£26,000 - £30,000
ca. US$36,103 - US$41,658
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 35
Pieter van der Aa | Veteris orbis tabulae geographicae, [1714]

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustPieter van der Aa Veteris orbis tabulae...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,082 - US$2,777
Price realised:
£1,512
ca. US$2,099
Lot number 36
Admiralty charts | A collection of 59 charts, twentieth century

Admiralty charts A collection of 59 Admiralty charts, various sizes, twentieth century Listed in...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
£4,032
ca. US$5,598
Lot number 37
Al-Idrisi | Charta Rogeriana. Weltcarte des Idrisi, 1154 [but Stuttgart...

al-Idrisi, Muhammad Charta Rogeriana. Weltcarte des Idrisi. [Tabula Rogeriana] [Nuzhat al-mushtāq...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$27,772 - US$41,658
Price realised:
£56,700
ca. US$78,734
Lot number 38
Carel Allard | World map, c.1683

Carel Allard Novissima totius orbis tabula. Amsterdam, c.1683 500 x 900mm., engraved map on two...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$11,108 - US$13,886
Price realised:
£10,080
ca. US$13,997
Lot number 39
Willem Blaeu | A set of four wall maps of the continents, 1673 or later

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon [Set of the maps of the four continents]. Bologna: Pietro Todeschi, [1673, or...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£120,000 - £150,000
ca. US$166,633 - US$208,291
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 40
Willem and Joan Blaeu | Le theatre du monde, 1643-1645, 4 volumes...

Willem and Joan Blaeu Le Theatre du Monde. Amsterdam, 1643-1645 4 volumes, folio (514 x 335mm...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$69,430 - US$97,202
Price realised:
£81,900
ca. US$113,727
Lot number 41
Georg Braun und Franz Hogenberg | Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne...

Georg Braun und Franz Hogenberg Civitates orbis terrarium. Cologne: Bertram Buchholtz, 1599, 1597...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£140,000 - £200,000
ca. US$194,405 - US$277,721
Price realised:
£277,200
ca. US$384,922
Lot number 42
William Camden | Britannia, London, 1607, old reversed calf

Property of Downside Abbey General TrustWilliam Camden Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
£2,268
ca. US$3,149
Lot number 43
C.F. Delamarche | A rare jigsaw atlas, c.1880

C.F. Delamarche Atlas Geographique. Paris, c.1880 8 jigsaw maps, 470 x 323mm. or the reverse, the...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,110 - US$1,666
Price realised:
£1,134
ca. US$1,574
Lot number 44
Electric and International Telegraph Company | Map of Europe ... shewing...

Electric and International Telegraph Company--Waterloo & Sons Map of Europe compiled from the most...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,110 - US$1,666
Price realised:
£1,386
ca. US$1,924
Lot number 45
Henricus Hondius | World map, 1641

Henricus Hondius Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographia tabula. Amsterdam, 1641 [or...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,500 - £4,000
ca. US$4,860 - US$5,554
Price realised:
£4,410
ca. US$6,123
Lot number 46
Qianren Huang | "Blue Map" of China. [Daoguang, 19th century]

Qianren Huang 大清萬年一統地理全圖. Da Qing wannian yitong dili quantu. [Complete map of the unified Qing...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
ca. US$83,316 - US$111,088
Price realised:
£94,500
ca. US$131,223
Lot number 47
Japanese world map | In a Japanese geographical encyclopaedia, first half...

Japanese world map 倭節用悉改袋増字 文政元年 [A Comprehensive Dictionary of Japanese (Yamato setsuyo shikkai...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 48
MacDonald Gill | Two wartime maps: Australia, 1942, and New Zealand, 1943

MacDonald Gill Two maps: Australia, 1942, and New Zealand, 1943, comprising: Australia. Her Natural...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$972 - US$1,388
Price realised:
£1,512
ca. US$2,099
Lot number 49
Richard Marshall | World map, 1785

Richard Marshall A Curious map of the world corrected from the observations communicated to ye Rl...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$8,331
Price realised:
£10,080
ca. US$13,997
Lot number 50
Abraham Ortelius | Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1595

Abraham Ortelius Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Plantin, 1595 3 parts in one volume, folio (452 x...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$55,544 - US$83,316
Price realised:
£50,400
ca. US$69,985
Lot number 51
Edward Quin | An Historical Atlas. London, 1830

Edward Quin An Historical Atlas; in a Series of Maps of the World as known at different periods...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$8,331
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$6,998
Lot number 52
John Russell | [Atlas to Guthrie's system of Geography]. London, 1811, calf

John Russell [Atlas to Guthrie's system of Geography]. London: Wilkie & Robinson, J. Mawman and...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$277 - US$416
Price realised:
£756
ca. US$1,049
Lot number 53
Peter Schenk | World map, Amsterdam, 1706

Peter Schenk Diversa orbis terræ. visu incedente per coluros tropicorum, ambos ejus polos, et...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,400 - £3,500
ca. US$3,332 - US$4,860
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 54
John Speed | Complete set of loose maps from his Theatre of the Empire of...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust[Speed, John] [The Theatre of the Empire of Great...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
ca. US$8,331 - US$12,497
Price realised:
£23,940
ca. US$33,243
Lot number 55
Ferdinand Verbiest | Kunyu quantu [A Complete Map of the World]. Beijing...

Ferdinand Verbiest Kunyu quantu [A Complete Map of the World]. Beijing 1674, reprinted Seoul, c.1860...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$16,663 - US$24,994
Price realised:
£12,600
ca. US$17,496
Lot number 56
Wall maps | A set of four French wall maps of the continents, 1752

Wall maps—Bailleul, Nicolas, cartographer, and Jean Louis Daudet, publisher A set of wall maps of...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£22,000 - £28,000
ca. US$30,549 - US$38,881
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 57
Wang Zhiyuan after Huang Shang | T'ien wên t'u [A Map of the Stars]. 1247...

Wang Zhiyuan after Huang Shang T'ien wên t'u [A Map of the Stars]. Suzhou, 1247 (stele), late...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$27,772 - US$41,658
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 58
Frederick de Wit and Gerard Valk | Unrecorded world map on four sheets...

Frederick de Wit and Gerard Valk Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accurata Tabula. Amsterdam: Gerard Valk...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
ca. US$69,430 - US$111,088
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 59
World map--Yamaji, Jutei Bankoku Zenzu [Complete world map], 1855–1871

World map–Yamaji Yukitaka A Revised Comprehensive Map of All Countries (Jutei bankoku zenzu). Tokyo...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$5,554
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 60
Joan Blaeu | Theatrum urbium Belgicae foederatae, c.1649

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustJoan Blaeu Theatrum urbium Belgicae foederatae...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$8,331
Price realised:
£16,380
ca. US$22,745
Lot number 61
Georg Böttger | Photographic panorama of Munich, 1858

Georg Böttger Panorama der K. Haupt-u.-Residenz-Stadt München. Aufgenommen in der Vogelperspective...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$20,829 - US$27,772
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 62
Frederick de Wit | Maritime chart of Europe, 1745

Frederick de Wit Totius Europae littora novissimè edita. Pascaert vertoonende alle de See-custen van...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
ca. US$2,499 - US$3,054
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 63
Daniel Meisner | Thesauri philopolitici tomi secundi pars prima [pars...

Daniel Meisner Thesauri philopolitici tomi secundi pars prima [pars secunda]. Frankfurt, 1627–1628...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$2,777 - US$3,471
Price realised:
£2,268
ca. US$3,149
Lot number 64
Fynes Moryson | An itinerary. London, 1617, speckled calf

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustFynes Moryson An itinerary... containing his ten...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,082 - US$2,777
Price realised:
£3,528
ca. US$4,899
Lot number 65
Adam Perelle | An album of engraved views of Paris, c.1680, fine English...

Adam Perelle; Israel Silvestre "A Review of Paris" [so titled on upper cover]. Paris: Nicolas...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,943 - US$9,720
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$6,998
Lot number 66
Pierre Lambert de Saumery | Les delices de Liege, Liege, 1738-1744, 5...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust[Pierre Lambert de Saumery] Les délices du pais de...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,777 - US$4,165
Price realised:
£2,268
ca. US$3,149
Lot number 67
Francesco Zanotto | Das malerische, monumentale, historische und...

Francesco Zanotto Das malerische, monumentale, historische und artistische Venedig. Eine Darstellung...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$8,331
Price realised:
£3,780
ca. US$5,248
Lot number 68
Belgrade | Manuscript plan of the Siege of Belgrade

Belgrade “Environs de Belgrade”. [c.1740] 660 x 495mm., manuscript plan with fine original...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,777
Price realised:
£1,260
ca. US$1,749
Lot number 69
Genoa | Manuscript plan of the siege of Genoa, 1746

Genoa—Gayet, – “Plan de la Premiere et de la Seconde Enceinte de la Ville de Genes”. 1746 or after...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$833 - US$1,110
Price realised:
£819
ca. US$1,137
Lot number 70
Milan | Manuscript plan of the siege of Milan, 1733

Milan “Plan des Attaques du Chateau de Milan faites le 17 xbre par l’Armee de France et de Sardeine...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,110 - US$1,388
Price realised:
£1,008
ca. US$1,399
Lot number 71
Parma | Manuscript plan of the Battle of Parma, 1734

Parma “Plan du Champ de Bataille de Parme”. 1734, or after 770 x 530mm., manuscript plan with...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$555 - US$833
Price realised:
£504
ca. US$699
Lot number 72
Sampierdarena, Genoa | Manuscript plan of the siege of Genoa, and two...

Sampierdarena, Genoa Sto. Pietro d'Arena. [1746 or after] 270 x 380mm., manuscript plan with fine...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$833 - US$1,110
Price realised:
£630
ca. US$874
Lot number 73
Ventimiglia | Manuscript plan of the siege of Ventimiglia, 1747 or later

Ventimiglia Plan des Retranchements des Ennemis sur la Roya. Le 28 Oct. 1747. 1747 or after 510 x...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,666 - US$2,499
Price realised:
£1,638
ca. US$2,274
Lot number 74
James Burney| A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea...

Property of a GentlemanJames Burney A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£10,080
ca. US$13,997
Lot number 75
Captain James Cook | Complete set of the voyages, 1773-1784, 9 volumes

Property of a NoblemanCaptain James Cook A complete set of the voyages, comprising: Hawkesworth...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$16,663 - US$24,994
Price realised:
£13,860
ca. US$19,246
Lot number 76
George Forster | A Voyage round the world, 1777, 2 volumes, 4to, calf

George Forster A Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Resolution, commanded by...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,082 - US$2,777
Price realised:
£2,520
ca. US$3,499
Lot number 77
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas | Description des Indes Occidentales...

The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustAntonio de Herrera y Tordesillas des Indes...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$5,554
Price realised:
£11,340
ca. US$15,746
Lot number 78
Jan Huygen van Linschoten | Itinerarium, Amsterdam, 1644, vellum, E.M...

Jan Huygen van Linschoten Itinerarium, ofte schip-vaert nae Oost ofte Portugaels Indien...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,388 - US$2,082
Price realised:
£6,930
ca. US$9,623
Lot number 79
Edward Melton (pseud.) | Zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en landreizen...

Edward Melton (pseud.) Zeldzaame en Gedenkwaardige Zee- en Landreizen, door Egypten, West-Indien...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$972 - US$1,388
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 80
New Zealand | Album of early photographs, drawings, watercolours and...

New Zealand Album of early photographs including portraits of named Maori, with drawings...

Sotheby's, 27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,554 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$6,998
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