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Valuable Printed Books: Natural History, Travel, Atlases, Continental Books and Manuscripts; 17 November, 2005; Sale L05416
by Sotheby's London
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Sotheby's London, 2005. 166 pp. 246 lots. Including lots 1-48: Continental Books and manuscripts (including science and medicine): Antoine d'Abbadie; Petrus Apianus and Bartholomaeus Amantius; Francisco Arceo; Aristotle (Venice, 1536); Boccaccio (Toledo, 1511); Sebastian Brant (Basel, 1498); Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury (Paris, 1495) (sold for 23,400 GBP); Giovanni Antonio Dosio, (Florence, 1569); Alexandre Dumas Pere, 9 ALS; Albert Einstein Autograph Manuscripts; Freud, ALS; Louis XVI, ALS; Marie Antoinette, document signed; Proust, ALS; Rilke; Andreas Salome; Soupalt. Lots 59-82: Natural History: Ulisse Aldrovandi; Basilius Besler; Georges Louis Marie Leclerc Buffon; Henry Eeles Dresser; Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau; Charles Lemaire; Francois Levaillant; Henry Leonard Meyer; Nathaniel Sendel; Antonio Tempesta; Lots 83-91: British Isles: Sir Robert Atkyns, The Ancient and present state of Glocestershiere; William Camden, Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing kindomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London, 1610). Lots 92-101: Atlases: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, A new univeral atlas. Philadelphia 1848. Lots 102-112: Europe: Sir William Hamilton, Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies; Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Opera (15 workd in 13 volumes, which sold for 176,000 GBP. Lots 113-172: Near and Middle East: Domingo Badia y Leblich; Henri Bechard; Francis Rawdon Chesney; Edward Dodwell. Lots 173-188: The Americas. Lots 189-192: Voyages. Lot 193: Africa. Lots 194-198: Asia. Lots 199-201: Polar. Lot 202: Australasia. Lots 203-246: Maps: Nova totius Americae tabula. Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk II., [c. 1710], which sold for 40,800 GBP.. Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Veery Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000510
- Title
- Valuable Printed Books: Natural History, Travel, Atlases, Continental Books and Manuscripts; 17 November, 2005; Sale L05416
- Author
- Sotheby's London
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sotheby's London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- auction catalog, autographs, natural history, science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Auction Catalog; Autographs;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Veery Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Veery Books
Biblio member since 2010
Lake Huntington, New York
About Veery Books
Veery Books' specialties: (1) Music scores (Symphonic, Chamber, Choral, and Solo repertoire, Full conductor's scores and study scores and parts throughout the range of classical music, including rare or first editions), bibliographies, histories, biographies, auction catalogs, literature and ephemera related to classical music and classical composers and musicians. (2) American popular music from the early 19th century to the 1940s. (3) Poetry and literature with emphasis on American poetry and fiction. (4) Rare and unusual American imprints from the 19th century. (5) Bibliographies, Bookseller's catalogs, Auction catalogs for books, manuscripts, ephemera, prints, and art. Veery Books strives to provide accurate bibliographic and condition descriptions including photographs for each offering and where possible to offer quotations or unusual facts about the offering. Veery Books will be happy to assist you in your book search and welcomes inquiries regarding thousands of yet uncatalogued musical scores, bookseller's and auction catalogs.
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