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Printed Books & Maps, including a Collection of Cornish Maps

Session: Printed Books & Maps, including a Collection of Cornish Maps

Oxford
27 Sep 2011, session starting at 11:00 BST

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SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, engraved map with fine contemporary hand-colouring, [1579]
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, engraved map with fine contemporary hand-colouring, [1579]
GOSSE (PHILIP HENRY) The Birds of Jamaica, 2 vol., 1847-1849; and another copy of text (3)
Sold for £7,750 inc. premium
GOSSE (PHILIP HENRY) The Birds of Jamaica, 2 vol., 1847-1849; and another copy of text (3)
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, fine and rare double-page engraved map by William Webb, [1645]
Sold for £4,000 inc. premium
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, fine and rare double-page engraved map by William Webb, [1645]
WAGHENAER (LUCAS JANSZ) Beschrijvinghe vande costen van Engelandt..., double-page engraved map and sea chart, [1592]
Sold for £3,250 inc. premium
WAGHENAER (LUCAS JANSZ) Beschrijvinghe vande costen van Engelandt..., double-page engraved map and sea chart, [1592]

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AERONAUTICA - ZEPPELINS Zeppelin-Weltfahrten
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AERONAUTICS - ZEPPELINS Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, 1933
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£150 - 200
US$ 230 - 300
€180 - 240
ALBUM - CARICATURES [GUTHRIE (THOMAS ANSTEY) "F. Anstey", attributed to] A series of 19 caricatures based on scenes from Classical literature or history, [c.1874-1877]
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ALBUM - CARICATURES [GUTHRIE (THOMAS ANSTEY) "F. Anstey", attributed to] A series of 19 caricatures based on scenes from Classical literature or history, [c.1874-1877]
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ALLINGHAM (HELEN) HUISH (MARCUS B.) Happy England, NUMBER 658 OF 750 DE LUXE COPIES, SIGNED BY ALLINGHAM, Black, 1903
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ALLINGHAM (HELEN) HUISH (MARCUS B.) Happy England, NUMBER 658 OF 750 DE LUXE COPIES, SIGNED BY ALLINGHAM, Black, 1903
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ANGLING BAIGENT (WILLIAM) A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 65 COPIES
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ANGLING BAIGENT (WILLIAM) A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing, 2 vol. (including wallet of plates), FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY 65 COPIES, [c.1937]
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ANGLING FALKUS (HUGH) The Sea Trout, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1987; and others (quantity)
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ART JOURNAL The Art Journal, 1839, 1848-1860 (lacking 1858), 1863-1889 (lacking 1866 and 1878), 1891-1901 (lacking 1894, 1896 and 1899), 1904 and 1906 (small quantity)
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COLLECTION – LITERATURE AND ART
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ART and LITERATURE - WALTER SCOTT Album, [c.1826]
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ASIAN ART ATASOY (NURHAN) and JULIAN RABY. Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, 1994; and 31 others (32)
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BAKER (SAMUEL WHITE) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile, 2 vol., 1866; and 6 others (8)
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BEHRENS (PETER) HOEBER (FRITZ) Peter Behrens, NUMBER 43 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY BEHRENS AND IN SPECIAL BINDING, with lithograph by Liebermann, 1913
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BEHRENS (PETER) HOEBER (FRITZ) Peter Behrens, NUMBER 43 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY BEHRENS SPECIALLY BOUND, with lithograph by Liebermann, 1913
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