The first Mayfair Book Auctions sale, comprising architecture, natural history, travel, religion, history and more.
Bidding for this auction is available via the saleroom.
Lot 1
ACCADEMIA ERCOLANENSE DI ARCHEOLOGIA
Gli Ornati delle Pareti, ed i pavimenti delle stanze dell'antica Pompei incisi in rame.
Unsold
Stamperia Regale, Naples 1796
Lot 2
China:
Sold: £1045.50
in a series of views displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire. London, Fisher, Son, & Co., [ca.1843].
Lot 3
AMELOT de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas.
The history of the government of Venice.
Unsold
Wherein the policies, councils, magistrates, and laws of that state are fully related; and the use of the balloting box exactly described. H.C. for John Starkey, London, 1677
Lot 4
Il Gazzettiere Americano
Unsold
continente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del nuovo mondo. Marco Coltellini, Livorno, 1763
Lot 5
Hunting Tours;
Unsold
Nimrod abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound. London 1835-42-57-58.
Lot 7
Travels in China,
Sold: £615
containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton. In which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations. Cadell, London, 1804
Lot 8
The history of the court of the king of China. Out of French.
Unsold
London, printed by H.B. for Christopher Hussey, 1682
Lot 9
Les Expéditions de Chine et Cochinchine
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d'après les documents officiels. Paris, Amyot, 1861
Lot 10
Album de L'Ile de Jersey
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avec coup d'oeil, sur Guernsey et les cotes de la Manche de Cherbourg au Cap Fréhel. Dessins d'aprés nature par F. Benoist. Texte par C.Petit S. Ropartz avec traduction anglaise. Paris and Nantes Henri Charpentier, 1870