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Printed Books and Maps

Auction 18153
Oxford
12 Oct 2010, starting at 11:00 BST.
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CHINESE CERAMICS HOBSON (R.L.) A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, NUMBER 223 OF 650 COPIES
Sold for £4,080 inc. premium
CHINESE CERAMICS HOBSON (R.L.) A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, NUMBER ...
SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE [General Atlas], vol. 2 and 3 only (without Europe)
Sold for £2,220 inc. premium
SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE [General Atlas], vol. 2 and 3 only (without Europe)
PRAGNANT BLOCKING PRESS PräGnant HHS 30 electric foil blocking press
Sold for £1,860 inc. premium
PRAGNANT BLOCKING PRESS PräGnant HHS 30 electric foil blocking press
FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale
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FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale

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311 HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) and JOHN OBADIAH WESTWOOD British Butterflies and Their Transformations £264
US$ 401
€312
313 INDIAN FERNS - COLLECTION "Ferns Collected at Mahabaleshwar by J. Margary, 1863" £204
US$ 310
€241
314 JARDINE (WILLIAM) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia, vol. 2, 4, 6-9; Entomology, vol. 2-6; Icthyology, vol. 2 and 3 only, together 14 vol. £432
US$ 656
€510
315 JOHNSTON (JOHN) Theatrum universale omnium animalium quadrupedum £480
US$ 729
€567
316 JOHNSTONE (WILLIAM GROSART) and ALEXANDER CROALL The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds, 4 vol. £408
US$ 620
€482
317 JONES (OWEN) Fruits from the Garden and Field £180
US$ 273
€212
318 KIRBY (WILLIAM F.) European Butterflies and Moths £48
US$ 72
€56
319 LANG (HENRY C.) Rhopalocera Europae Descripta et Delineata. The Butterflies of Europe, 2 vol. £120
US$ 182
€141
320 LILFORD (THOMAS L. POWYS, fourth Baron) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol. £1,104
US$ 1,678
€1,305
321 LILFORD (THOMAS L. POWYS, fourth Baron) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, 2 vol. £48
US$ 72
€56
322 LLOYD (LLEWELLYN) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway £384
US$ 583
€454
323 LOUDON (JANE WEBB) The Ladies' Magazine of Gardening £120
US$ 182
€141
324 LOW (ROSEMARY) Amazon Parrots, ONE OF 515 COPIES £60
US$ 91
€70
325 LOWE (EDWARD JOSEPH) A Natural History of British Grasses £144
US$ 218
€170
326 LOWE (EDWARD JOSEPH) Ferns: British and Exotic, 2 vol. in one £228
US$ 346
€269
327 LOWE (EDWARD JOSEPH) A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns £240
US$ 364
€283
328 LOWE (EDWARD JOSEPH) £216
US$ 328
€255
329 MACGILLIVRAY (WILLIAM) The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History, and of the Physical Sciences, 2 vol.; The Animal Kingdom of the Baron Cuvier, 2 vol., together 4 vol. in 3 (including plate volume) £360
US$ 547
€425
331 MARKHAM (GERVASE)] Cheape and Good Husbandry for the Well-Ordering of all Beasts, and Fowles and for the Generall Cure of their Diseases £840
US$ 1,276
€993
332 MAUND (BENJAMIN, editor) The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain, vol. 8 and 10 only £120
US$ 182
€141
333 MILLAR (GEORGE HENRY) A New, Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History; Being a Grand, Accurate and Extensive Display of Animated Nature £216
US$ 328
€255
334 MILLER (JOHN) An Illustration of the Sexual System [-Termini Botanici] of Linnaeus, 2 vol. £384
US$ 583
€454
335 MITCHELL (JOHN M.) The Herring, its Natural History and National Importance, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO LEOPOLD I, KING OF THE BELGIANS £120
US$ 182
€141
336 MOFFETT (THOMAS) Insectorum sive minimorum animaliusm theatrum £360
US$ 547
€425
337 MOORE (THOMAS) The Nature Printed British Ferns, 2 vol. £432
US$ 656
€510
338 MORRIS (BEVERLEY ROBINSON) British Game Birds and Wildfowl £936
US$ 1,422
€1,106
339 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Moths, 4 vol. £144
US$ 218
€170
340 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Birds, 8 vol. £312
US$ 474
€368
341 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Birds, 6 vol. £360
US$ 547
€425
342 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Birds, 6 vol. £408
US$ 620
€482
343 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol. £240
US$ 364
€283
344 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) A History of British Birds, 8 vol. £360
US$ 547
€425
345 MORRIS (RICHARD) Flora Conspicua; a Selection of the Most Ornamental Flowering, Hardy, Exotic and Indigenous Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants, for Embellishing Flower-Gardens and Pleasure Grounds £540
US$ 820
€638
347 POMET (PIERRE) A Compleat History of Druggs, 2 vol. in one £540
US$ 820
€638
348 PRICE (SARAH) Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fields and Woods, vol. 1 only £228
US$ 346
€269
349 PRICHARD (JAMES COWLES) The Natural History of Man £216
US$ 328
€255
350 SINCLAIR (ISABELLA) Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands] £840
US$ 1,276
€993
351 STACKHOUSE (JOHN) Nereis Britannica, continens species omnes fucorum in insulis Britannicis crescentium £840
US$ 1,276
€993
352 STEPHENS (JAMES FRANCIS) Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects, 9 vol. only (comprising: Haustellata, vol. 1-4; Mandibulata, vol. 1-5, including Appendix) £900
US$ 1,367
€1,064
354 SWAMMERDAM (JAN) The Book of Nature; or the History of Insects Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances... with the Original Discovery of the Milk-Vessels of the Cuttle-Fish... with a Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, 2 parts in one vol. £384
US$ 583
€454
355 THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN) A Family Herbal: Or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants £96
US$ 145
€113
356 WILSON (ALEXANDER) and CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, 3 vol. £696
US$ 1,057
€823
358 YARRELL (WILLIAM) A History of British Birds, 3 vol. £72
US$ 109
€85
359 YARRELL (WILLIAM) A History of British Fishes, 2 vol. £120
US$ 182
€141
360 BRASS TYPE £840
US$ 1,276
€993
361 BRASS TYPE £624
US$ 948
€737
362 FINISHING PRESS £312
US$ 474
€368
363 FINISHING TOOLS £288
US$ 437
€340
364 FINISHING TOOLS £204
US$ 310
€241
365 FINISHING TOOLS £192
US$ 291
€227
366 FINISHING TOOLS £192
US$ 291
€227
367 FINISHING TOOLS £216
US$ 328
€255
368 FINISHING TOOLS £432
US$ 656
€510
369 FINISHING TOOLS £312
US$ 474
€368
370 FINISHING TOOLS £420
US$ 638
€496
371 FINISHING TOOLS £192
US$ 291
€227
372 FINISHING TOOLS £264
US$ 401
€312
373 FINISHING TOOLS £204
US$ 310
€241
374 FINISHING TOOLS £216
US$ 328
€255
375 FINISHING TOOLS £192
US$ 291
€227
376 FINISHING TOOLS £192
US$ 291
€227
377 FINISHING TOOLS, ROLLS £288
US$ 437
€340
378 FINISHING TOOLS, ROLLS £264
US$ 401
€312
379 FINISHING TOOLS, ROLLS £204
US$ 310
€241
380 FINISHING TOOLS, ROLLS £156
US$ 237
€184
381 GOLD LEAF and MATERIALS £84
US$ 127
€99
382 HAND LETTERS £540
US$ 820
€638
383 LAYING PRESS £288
US$ 437
€340
384 NIPPING PRESS £300
US$ 455
€354
385 PRAGNANT BLOCKING PRESS PräGnant HHS 30 electric foil blocking press £1,860
US$ 2,827
€2,199
386 STANDING PRESS £240
US$ 364
€283
387 TOOLS and BURNISHERS £60
US$ 91
€70
388 TYPE HOLDERS £156
US$ 237
€184
389 BLOCKING PRESS £408
US$ 620
€482
390 BOARD CUTTER £36
US$ 54
€42
391 STANDING PRESS £60
US$ 91
€70
393 NIPPING PRESS £60
US$ 91
€70
394 MARBLED PAPER A bound volume of 102 samples of marbled papers (most very vivid colours, vibrant designs), given to Frank Brangwyn by the Belgian artist Georges Baltus £1,740
US$ 2,644
€2,057
396 BRITISH SCENERY English Scenery £336
US$ 510
€397
397 BRITTON (JOHN) and EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY The Beauties of England and Wales, 19 vol. in 26 (including Brewer's introduction) £312
US$ 474
€368
399 CHESHIRE ORMEROD (GEORGE) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vol. £288
US$ 437
€340
400 CORNWALL BORLASE (WILLIAM) Antiquities Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall £192
US$ 291
€227
401 CORNWALL WARNER (RICHARD) A Tour Through Cornwall in the Autumn of 1808 £72
US$ 109
€85
402 CROSSLEY (F.H.) The English Abbey £204
US$ 310
€241
403 DEVON IZACKE (RICHARD and SAMUEL) Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter £72
US$ 109
€85
404 DEVON and CORNWALL, PHOTOGRAPHY Two albums, including approximately 109 albumen prints £216
US$ 328
€255
405 GILPIN (WILLIAM) Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesue Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England... Cumberland and Westmoreland, 2 vol. £60
US$ 91
€70
407 GROSE (FRANCIS) The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., engraved pictorial titles, 261 engraved plates (including frontispieces), 1791-1795; The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 vol., engraved pictorial titles, 199 engraved plates, without map, 1797; The Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vol., new edition, engraved pictorial titles, engraved portrait of Grose in volume 8, 633 engraved plates (including frontispieces), 55 engraved maps (one folding, several hand-coloured), one cover detached, [1783-1797] £660
US$ 1,003
€780
408 HALL (SAMUEL CARTER) The Baronial Halls and Picturesque Edifices of England, 2 vol. £180
US$ 273
€212
409 HERTFORDSHIRE, GORHAMBURY GRIMSTON (CHARLOTTE) The History of Gorhambury £840
US$ 1,276
€993
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