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Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction 20078
New York
4 Dec 2012, starting at 15:00 EST.
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PURCHAS, SAMUEL. 1575?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimes. WITH: Purchas His Pilgrimage .... London: printed by Willam Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626.<BR />
Sold for US$ 62,500 inc. premium
PURCHAS, SAMUEL. 1575?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimes. WITH: Purchas His Pilgrimage.... London: printed by Willam Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. New York & Philadelphia: Audubon and J.B.Chevalier, [1839]-1840-1844.<BR />
Sold for US$ 47,500 inc. premium
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. New York ...
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [Antwerp: Aegidius Coppenius Diesth, May 20, 1570.]
Sold for US$ 32,500 inc. premium
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [Antwerp: Aegidius Coppenius Diesth, May 20, 1570.]
ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... London: F.G. Moon, 1843-49.
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... London: F.G. Moon, 1843-49.

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NORDEN, FREDERIK LUDWIG. 1708-1742. Travels in Egypt and Nubia ... Translated from the original ... and enlarged with observations ... by Dr. Peter Templeman. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757.
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NORDEN, FREDERIK LUDWIG. 1708-1742. Travels in Egypt and Nubia ... Translated from the original ... and enlarged with observations ... by Dr. Peter Templeman. London: ...
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PHOTOGRAPHS—KOREA.
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PHOTOGRAPHS—KOREA.
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US$ 3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,300
€2,300 - 3,900
PHOTOGRAPHS—MONGOLIA.
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PHOTOGRAPHS—MONGOLIA.
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US$ 2,000 - 3,000
£1,300 - 2,000
€1,500 - 2,300
PHOTOGRAPHY—HONG KONG, JAPAN, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, ETC.
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PHOTOGRAPHY—HONG KONG, JAPAN, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, ETC.
Estimate:
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
£790 - 1,200
€930 - 1,400
PHOTOGRAPHY—JAPAN. BEATO, FELICE.
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PHOTOGRAPHY—JAPAN. BEATO, FELICE.
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US$ 3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,300
€2,300 - 3,900
PHOTOGRAPHY—JAPAN. BLACK, JOHN REDDIE, editor. The Far East, A Monthly Illustrated Journal. Yokohama & Tokei: 1873-5.
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PHOTOGRAPHY—JAPAN. BLACK, JOHN REDDIE, editor. The Far East, A Monthly Illustrated Journal. Yokohama & Tokei: 1873-5.
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PURCHAS, SAMUEL. 1575?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimes. WITH: Purchas His Pilgrimage .... London: printed by Willam Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626.<BR />
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PURCHAS, SAMUEL. 1575?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimes. WITH: Purchas His Pilgrimage.... London: printed by Willam Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626..
Sold for US$ 62,500 inc. premium
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER. 1552-1618. The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana, with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards call El Dorado) And of the Provinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and other Countries, with their rivers, adjoyning. London: Robert Robinson, 1596.<BR />
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RALEIGH, SIR WALTER. 1552-1618. The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana, with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of ...
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RALEIGH, WALTER, SIR. 1552?-1618. The History of the World. London: printed for Walter Burre, 1614.<BR />
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RALEIGH, WALTER, SIR. 1552?-1618. The History of the World. London: printed for Walter Burre, 1614..
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ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... London: F.G. Moon, 1843-49.
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ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... London: F.G. Moon, 1843-49.
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
SAUER, MARTIN. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to Northern Parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude the mouth of the River Kovima ... and of the islands in the Eastern Ocean, stretching to the American coast. Performed ... by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the Years 1785, &c. to 1794 London: T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, 1802.<BR />
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SAUER, MARTIN. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to Northern Parts of Russia, for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude the mouth ...
Estimate:
US$ 300 - 500
£200 - 330
€230 - 390
SHIPWRECK NARRATIVE. M'GREGOR, J.J. Narrative of the Loss of the Sea-Horse Transport, Captain Gibbs, in the Bay of Tramore, on the 30th of January, 1816. Waterford: Printed by John Bull, 1816.<BR />
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SHIPWRECK NARRATIVE. M'GREGOR, J.J. Narrative of the Loss of the Sea-Horse Transport, Captain Gibbs, in the Bay of Tramore, on the 30th of January, 1816. ...
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SPEKE, JOHN HANNING. 1827-1864. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London: Blackwood, 1863.<BR />
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SPEKE, JOHN HANNING. 1827-1864. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London: Blackwood, 1863..
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STRUYS, JAN JANSZOOM. d.1694. The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages ... through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan and Other Places in Europe, Africa, and Asia... London: Samuel Smith, 1683.<BR />
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STRUYS, JAN JANSZOOM. d.1694. The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages ... through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan and Other Places in ...
Estimate:
US$ 5,000 - 8,000
£3,300 - 5,300
€3,900 - 6,200
ULLOA, ANTONIO DE, & JORGE JUAN Y SANTACILLA. Voyage historique de l'Amerique meridionale. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1752.
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ULLOA, ANTONIO DE, & JORGE JUAN Y SANTACILLA. Voyage historique de l'Amerique meridionale. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1752.
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VOYAGES—FACSIMILE LOGBOOKS. 1. COOK, JAMES. The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771. 1977.
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VOYAGES—FACSIMILE LOGBOOKS. 1. COOK, JAMES. The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771. 1977.
Sold for US$ 1,875 inc. premium
WILSON, WILLIAM. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff.... London: printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799.
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WILSON, WILLIAM. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff.... London: printed by S. ...
Estimate:
US$ 500 - 800
£330 - 530
€390 - 620
ANVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE D'. 1697-1782. Amerique Septentrionale.... WITH: Amerique Meridionale.... Paris: 1746-1748.
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ANVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE D'. 1697-1782. Amerique Septentrionale.... WITH: Amerique Meridionale.... Paris: 1746-1748.
Sold for US$ 2,750 inc. premium
BERTIUS, PIERRE. 1565-1629. Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque. Amsterdam: Cornelium Nicolai, 1606.<BR />
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BERTIUS, PIERRE. 1565-1629. Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque. Amsterdam: Cornelium Nicolai, 1606..
Estimate:
US$ 10,000 - 15,000
£6,600 - 9,900
€7,700 - 12,000
BLAEU, WILLEM. 1571-1638. Africae nova descriptio. [Amsterdam, 1650 or later].<BR />
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BLAEU, WILLEM. 1571-1638. Africae nova descriptio. [Amsterdam, 1650 or later]..
Sold for US$ 2,375 inc. premium
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