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Fine Books and Manuscripts

Auction 19421
Los Angeles
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10 Oct 2011, starting at 10:00 PDT (13:00 EDT).
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La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables choisies mises en vers. Paris: 1755-59. 4 vols. Folio. Period armorial crimson morocco. With 277 plates, handcolored.
Sold for US$ 122,500 inc. premium
LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. 1621-1695. Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris: Desaint & Saillant and Durand, 1755-59.
MCKENNEY, THOMAS L., AND JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle (vol. 1) and Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1837-1842-1844.
Sold for US$ 92,500 inc. premium
MCKENNEY, THOMAS L., AND JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle (vol. 1 ...
[Nuremberg Chronicle.] Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July, 1493. Folio.
Sold for US$ 56,250 inc. premium
SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. 1440-1514. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, July 12 1493.
GUTENBERG BIBLE. [Bible in Latin. Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Fust, 1455].
Sold for US$ 56,250 inc. premium
GUTENBERG BIBLE. [Bible in Latin. Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Fust, 1455].

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MANUSCRIPT ATLAS. "Atlas historique, 3me classe," 10 pp, oblong folio (350 x 260 mm), comprising printed title, 8 manuscript maps mostly with accompanying description, and one leaf with two manuscript illustrations, mid-19th century,
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MANUSCRIPT ATLAS. "Atlas historique, 3me classe," 10 pp, oblong folio (350 x 260 mm), comprising printed title, 8 manuscript maps mostly with accompanying description, and ...
Estimate:
US$ 800 - 1,200
£530 - 790
€620 - 930
MIDDLE EAST MAP. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Tercici Imperii Descriptio. [Antwerp: 1592].
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MIDDLE EAST. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Turcici Imperii Descriptio. [Antwerp: 1592].
Sold for US$ 937 inc. premium
[MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS. 1792-1868.] A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1854.
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[MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS. 1792-1868.] A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & ...
Sold for US$ 2,375 inc. premium
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598. Alexandri Magni Macedonis expeditio. Antwerp: 1595 [or later].
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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598. Alexandri Magni Macedonis expeditio. Antwerp: 1595 [or later].
Sold for US$ 1,000 inc. premium
Mercator, Gerard. Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio.... Antwerp: [1620]. Colored.
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POLAR MAP. MERCATOR, GERARD. 1512-1594. Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio.... Antwerp: [1620].
Sold for US$ 2,250 inc. premium
RAUNKIAER, BARCLAY. Through Wahabiland on Camel-back: an Account of a Journey of Exploration in Eastern and Central Arabia. Cairo: Government Press, 1916.
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RAUNKIAER, BARCLAY. 1889-1915. Through Wahabiland on Camel-back: an Account of a Journey of Exploration in Eastern and Central Arabia. Cairo: Government Press, 1916.
Sold for US$ 11,250 inc. premium
RUSSIA MAP. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio. [Antwerp: 1570 or later.]
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RUSSIA. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio. [Antwerp: 1570 or later.]
Sold for US$ 1,750 inc. premium
SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICTE DE. 1740-1799. Voyages dans les Alpes, precede d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève. Neuchatel & Geneva: Samuel Fauche & Barde, Manget, 1780-1786.
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SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICTE DE. 1740-1799. Voyages dans les Alpes, precede d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève. Neuchatel & Geneva: Samuel Fauche & ...
Sold for US$ 475 inc. premium
SPEED, JOHN. 1552-1629. Cambridgshire described ... with the Armes of the Colleges of that famous Universiti:. [London]: Sudbury & Humble, 1610 [but 1611, or later].
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SPEED, JOHN. 1552-1629. Cambridgshire described ... with the Armes of the Colleges of that famous Universiti:. [London]: Sudbury & Humble, 1610 [but 1611, or later].
Sold for US$ 1,750 inc. premium
TOMBLESON, WILLIAM. 1795-c.1846. Tombleson's Thames. London / Carlsruhe: Tombleson / Creuzbaner, [1840].
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TOMBLESON, WILLIAM. 1795-c.1846. Tombleson's Thames. London / Carlsruhe: Tombleson / Creuzbaner, [1840].
Estimate:
US$ 700 - 900
£460 - 590
€540 - 700
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