Past Auctions

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Lot 1

ALBERTUS MAGNUS.

De Natura locorum
£3000 - £4000

De Natura locorum 98541
librum mira eruditione.
Strassburg, L. & L. Alantse for Matthias Schurer, 1515

Lot 2

[ANSON’S VOYAGE]. THOMAS, Pascoe.

A true and impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas,
£800 - £1200

A true and impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, 98434
and round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, under the Command of Commodore Anson ...
London, Birt, 1745

Lot 3

ARAGO, Jacques.

Narrative of a Voyage round the World,
£1500 - £2000

Narrative of a Voyage round the World, 98504
in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820.
London, Treuttel and Wurtz, 1823

Lot 4

[ARNOULD, Jean-François (after).]

The Death of Captain Cook;
£3500 - £4500

The Death of Captain Cook; 97342
A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in three parts. As now Exhibiting in Paris with uncommon Applause with the original French Music, New Scenery, Machinery, and other Decorations. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.
London, T. Cadell, 1789

Lot 5

[BANKS, Joseph]; DRYANDER, Jonas.

Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks & auctore Jona Dryander.
£3500 - £4500

Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks & auctore Jona Dryander. 98432

London, William Bulmer for [Joseph Banks], 1796-1800.

Lot 6

BANKS, Sir Joseph; SOLANDER, Daniel.

Captain Cook's Florilegium.
£2500 - £3500

Captain Cook's Florilegium. 98585
A selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's first voyage to the islands of the Pacific, with accounts of the voyage by Wilfred Blunt and of the botanical explorations and prints by W. T. Stearn.
London, Lion & Unicorn Press, at the School of Graphic Design, Royal College of Art, 1973

Lot 7

BARROS, João de; ULLOA, Alfonso(translator).

L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca]
£1500 - £2000

L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca] 98613
[...] de' fatti de' Portoghese nello scoprimento & conquista de' mari & terre di Oriente.
Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisio, 1562

Lot 8

BEECHEY, Frederick William.

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait:
£3000 - £4000

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: 98489
to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28.
London, Colburn and Bentley, 1831

Lot 9

[BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich].

Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux,
£3500 - £4500

Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux, 98614
envoyés par la Compagnie des Indes Occidentales des Provinces-Unies aux Terres Australes en MDCCXXI. Par monsieur de B***.
The Hague, 'aux depens de la Compagnie,' 1739

Lot 10

BLIGH, William.

Voyage a la Mer du Sud,
£1000 - £1500

Voyage a la Mer du Sud, 98438
entrepris par ordre de S.M. Britainnique pour introduire, aux Indes Occidentales, l'arbre a pain, et d'autres plantes utiles ...
Paris, Garnery, Buisson, Desenne, Blanchon, 1792