24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Worlidge (John). Systema Horti-culturae, 1st edition, 1677
[Worlidge, John]. Systema Horti-culturae: or, the Art of Gardening, London: for Tho. Burrell, and Will. Hensman, 1677. 8vo (184 x 112 mm), contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, pp. [24] 285 [19], engraved additional title-page and 3 plates by F. H. van Houe, covers pitted, contents toned, moderate spotting, staining and finger-soiling, several leaves sometime dog-eared, binder's blank (with manuscript calculations recto and ownership inscription 'John Cadmene, Book, 1731' verso) torn, engraved title-page with scored-out contemporary ownership inscription 'Rose Gregorye', ink-transfer from inscription on the blank, and very light fraying along fore edge, letterpress title-page with short closed tear to top margin just extending into frame (qty: 1)
ESTC R34757 (eleven copies world-wide).
First edition; the work was apparently intended as a companion to the author's Systema agriculturae (1669), and its rarity may account for its omission from Worlidge's entry in the ODNB. A fourth edition appeared by 1700.
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021
To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.
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