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Printed Books and Maps. [ Sotheby's, auction catalogue, sale date: 5 & 19 February, 1991 ]
by Sotheby's
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th and 19th February, 1991. Laminated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 95 pp, in double-column format, ills. 881 lots. Contents: Natural History Lots 1-35; Atlases, Maps, Travel and Topography 36-251; Costume 36-41; Military and Naval 42-47; Technology and Architecture 48-56; British Isles, Maps 57-108; British Isles, Atlases 109-113; British Isles, Travel and Topography 114-127; Atlases 128-139; Europe, Maps 140-194; Europe, Travel and Topography 195-224; Voyages and General Travel 225-236; World, Celestial and Miscellaneous Maps 237-251; Books from the Library of Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers 252-314; Other Properties (Archaeology) 315-317; Atlases, Maps, Travel and Topography 318-502; Palestine, Turkey and the Middle East, Maps and Books 318-357; North America and the Americas, Maps 358-376; North America, Books 377-384; South America, Maps and Books 385-399; Africa, Maps and Books 400-408; Arctic and Antarctic, Maps and Books 409-411; Australasia and the Pacific, Maps and Books 412-418; Asia, Books 419-429; Asia, Maps 430-442; Japanese Maps, Part of the Collection of Francis Ruellan 443-458; Art Reference 459-475; Modern Continental Illustrated Books, Formerly in the Pitt-Rivers Museum 476-481; Literature, including Modern Literature 481-519; Miscellaneous Books, including Some Plate Books 520-552; Continental Literature 553-634; the Property of the Late W.B. Knobel 553-562; Books from the Library of Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers 563-568; Other Properties 569-602; the Property of a European Nobleman 603-634; Early Printed Books 603-673; Science and Medicine 674-686; the Property of the Most Honourable the Marquess of Downshire,various subjects, including Literature, Science and Medicine. Mainly Pre-1750 687-762; the Property of a Private Collector, various subjects 763-881. Indexed. Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-51344
- Title
- Printed Books and Maps. [ Sotheby's, auction catalogue, sale date: 5 & 19 February, 1991 ]
- Author
- Sotheby's
- Format/Binding
- Laminated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th and 19th February, 1991
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 95 pp, in double-column format, ills
- Keywords
- Sotheby's auction catalogue
Terms of Sale
Wykeham Books
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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