27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Botany.
A collection of botany books, including Hogg (Robert) and Johnson (George W.), The Wild Flowers of Great Britain... London: Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1874-1880, nine volumes, plates throughout, cloth bindings; Johnstone (William Grosart) and Croall (Alexander), The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds... London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859-1860, four volumes, plates throughout, cloth gilt; Plues (Margaret), Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants, Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1865, plates, blind-stamped cloth gilt; and others, [all ex-library, sold not collated].
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Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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